Ahtena

E860139

Ahtena is an Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous people of south-central Alaska, traditionally living around the Copper River basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ahtena canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea Subarctic culture area ⓘ
linked to: Subarctic region
currentReligion Christianity ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
governedBy Ahtna, Incorporated ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Atna ⓘ
Copper River Athabaskans ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples
hasAutonym Ahtna ⓘ
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
indigenousTo Alaska ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
linguisticBranch Northern Athabaskan ⓘ
notableRiverValley Copper River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Copper River
partOf Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regions ⓘ
primaryRiverSystem Copper River ⓘ
recognizedAs Alaska Native regional corporation shareholders ⓘ
region south-central Alaska ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Denaʼina ⓘ
Gwichʼin ⓘ
linked to: Gwich’in

Tanaina ⓘ
Upper Tanana ⓘ
subgroupOf Alaska Native peoples ⓘ
linked to: Alaska Natives

Northern Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy caribou hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalEnvironment subarctic ⓘ
traditionalHousing log houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Ahtna language ⓘ
traditionalMaterialCulture beadwork ⓘ
caribou-skin clothing ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Copper River ⓘ
Copper River basin ⓘ
linked to: Copper River Basin
traditionalTransportation birchbark canoes ⓘ
snowshoes ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for Ahtna language) ⓘ

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