Ahtna Athabaskan

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Ahtna Athabaskan are an Indigenous Athabaskan-speaking people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers on the Copper River basin.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Ahtna 3
Ahtna Athabaskan canonical 1
Ahtna language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native group
Athabaskan people
Indigenous people
Native American tribe
alternateName Ahtena
Copper River Athabaskan
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
autonym Ahtna
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
country United States
culturalArea Subarctic
culturalPractice potlatch ceremonies
ethnicGroupOf United States
governingBody Ahtna, Incorporated
governingBodyType Alaska Native regional corporation
historicalContact American miners
Russian traders
historicalEconomy fur trade
language Ahtna language
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan

Na-Dene language family
linked to: Na-Dene
languageStatus endangered
notableRiver Copper River
peopleCluster Alaska Athabaskans
linked to: Athabascan peoples
primaryRegion south-central Alaska
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
recognizedAs Alaska Native regional corporation shareholders
recognizedBy United States federal government
region Copper River Census Area
Valdez-Cordova region
linked to: Valdez-Cordova area
relatedEthnicGroup Denaʼina
Gwichʼin
linked to: Gwich’in

Koyukon
Tanacross
Upper Tanana
religion Christianity
traditional Athabaskan spirituality
traditionalCraft beadwork
birchbark work
hide tanning
snowshoe making
traditionalHomeland Alaska Range foothills
Copper River basin
linked to: Copper River

Wrangell Mountains region
linked to: Wrangell Mountains
traditionalHousing seasonal camps
semi-subterranean houses
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting
gathering wild plants
moose hunting
salmon fishing
small game hunting
usesScript Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Copper River associatedPeople Ahtna Athabaskan
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Dena’ina
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Northern Athabaskan languages hasMember Ahtna language
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Kutchin ethnolinguisticGroup Athabaskan
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan autonym Ahtna
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Ahtna Athabaskan alternateName Copper River Athabaskan
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Denaʼina relatedEthnicGroup Ahtna
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
Athabaskan includesLanguage Ahtna
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan