Ahtena

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

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Ahtena canonical 1

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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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