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- The Athabascan people call themselves ‘Dena,’ or ‘the people.’ They speak eleven different languages. The Athabascan people traditionally lived along five Alaskan rivers: the Yukon, the Tanana, the Susitna, the Kuskokwim, and the Copper River.
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Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.
There are eleven linguistic groups of Athabascans in Alaska. Athabascan people have traditionally lived along five major river ways: the Yukon, the Tanana, the Susitna, the Kuskokwim, and the Copper river drainages. Athabascans were highly nomadic, traveling in small groups to fish, hunt and trap.
Natives are indigenous peoples of Alaska: Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. Ancestors of Alaska Natives are known to have migrated into the area thousands of years ago, in at least two different waves.
Alaskan Athabaskan (pronounced uh-LAS-ken ath-uh-PAS-ken; also spelled “Athapascan”). The name came from the Canadian lake the Cree called Athabasca, which means “grass here and there.” The Cree also applied the name to the Natives who lived on the opposite side of the lake.
2 days ago · Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabasca cultures. Alaskan natives in Alaska number about 119,241 (as of the 2000 census).
Apr 9, 2024 · Alaska Native People. Tribal members, partners, and NPS staff carefully carry the Eagle Pole to the Tribal House site. Alaska Native people have lived with the land long before it became a state or any national parks were established.
Aug 17, 2019 · Book review: “The Tanana Chiefs” shows how the history of Alaska Native political struggles rests solidly on the foundation set by a meeting of Tanana River Athabascan tribal leaders with ...
