Dena’ina people

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The Dena’ina people are an Alaska Native Athabaskan group traditionally inhabiting the Cook Inlet and surrounding regions, known for their rich fishing culture and one of the few Athabaskan languages with a maritime orientation.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native people ⓘ
Athabaskan people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tanaina ⓘ
associatedCity Anchorage ⓘ
Kenai ⓘ
linked to: Kenai, Alaska

Nikiski ⓘ
associatedProtectedArea Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ⓘ
colonialContactWith Russian Empire ⓘ
United States settlers ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea North Pacific Coast ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
haveClanSystem true ⓘ
haveLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true ⓘ
language Dena’ina language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
nativeName Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
notableFor maritime-oriented Athabaskan culture ⓘ
rich fishing culture ⓘ
partOf Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act regional corporations ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
region Southcentral Alaska ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Dena’ina spirituality ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
subgroupOf Alaska Athabaskans ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples
subsistenceActivity gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalEconomy mixed subsistence economy ⓘ
traditionalFood dried salmon ⓘ
smoked fish ⓘ
traditionalHousing seasonal camps ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Anchorage area ⓘ
Cook Inlet ⓘ
Iliamna Lake region ⓘ
linked to: Iliamna, Alaska

Kenai Peninsula ⓘ
Lake Clark region ⓘ
Susitna River region ⓘ
linked to: Susitna Valley
traditionalTransportation birchbark canoes ⓘ
skin boats ⓘ
useEnvironment coastal marine resources ⓘ
inland forest resources ⓘ
riverine resources ⓘ

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Bristol Bay → hasIndigenousGroup → Dena’ina people ⓘ
Talkeetna → originalInhabitants → Denaʼina Athabascan people ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Susitna River → nameLanguage → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Kenai Peninsula → traditionalInhabitants → Dena’ina Athabascan people ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Ninilchik River → hasNameOriginLanguage → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Dena’ina language → ethnicGroup → Dena’ina people ⓘ
Dena’ina language → hasDialects → Inland Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Pedro Bay, Alaska → traditionalInhabitants → Denaʼina people ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Dena’ina people → nativeName → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Igiugig, Alaska → predominantPeople → Dena’ina Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Igiugig, Alaska → traditionalLanguages → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Southern Alaska → isInhabitedBy → Denaʼina people ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Alaska
linked to: Dena’ina people
Susitnu → languageOfOrigin → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Susitnu → associatedPeople → Dena’ina people ⓘ
Susitnu → associatedWithIndigenousGroup → Dena’ina Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Susitnu → culturalContext → Dena’ina culture ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Nushagak Bay → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Dena’ina peoples ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Chigmit Mountains → languageOfNameOrigin → Dena’ina Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Chief Wasilla → ethnicity → Dena'ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Chief Wasilla → culture → Dena'ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Chief Wasilla → nativePeople → Dena'ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Chickaloon, Alaska → hasIndigenousPeople → Dena’ina Athabascan ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people
Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit → languageFamilyMember → Dena’ina ⓘ
linked to: Dena’ina people