Where are Alaskan Malamutes from?

Alaskan Malamutes hail from Alaska, where the native Mahlemut Inuit people originally bred them to haul heavy freight over long distances in harsh Arctic conditions. The breed stretches back 5,000 years but didn’t enter the continental United States until the 1920s. Malamutes have three breed lines: the Kotzebue, the M'Loot, and the Hinman strains.