The peoples homeland called atna nenn, is located in the copper river area of southern alaska, and the name ahtna derives from the local name for the copper river. First european contact was with russians in the eighteenth century, but it was the discovery of gold in their territory in 1899 that opened the group to intensive and sustained. Feb 10, 2015 throughout the ahtna peoples history, they developed customary and traditional hunting and fishing practices that were a part of their daily lives and were central to their culture. Historical ahtna fishing sites, villages, and named salmon streams on the copper river and major tributaries. Project title ahtna tribal energy planning and technical assistance project ateptap. Ahtna technical services, inc 110 w 38th ave anchorage, ak. Terms in ahtna that originate from turkic languages this category should, ideally, contain only other categories.
Ahtna is one of the eleven athabaskan languages native to alaska. See the local phone bookyellow pages for uptodate listings of companies that. Historical accounts indicate that in the 18th and 19th centuries the ahtna. Operation of detention processing facility at the port isabel detention center, rt. The ahtna also ahtena, atna, ahtnakohtaene, or copper river are an alaska native athabaskan people of the athabaskanspeaking ethnolinguistic group.
Thus now the salmon run well only for those who work on them carefully. The great death by john smelcer practically paradise. Ahtna language and the ahtna indian tribe ahtena, atna. Ahtna people and the salmon honoring the salmon what martha jackson said. The people and their history is also available for purchase at the ahtna, incorporated glennallen and anchorage, alaska office front desks during normal business hours monfri, 8 am5 pm. The book on the hill a mustread by an exciting new novelist. Ahtna the people and their story netseh dae tkughite before us, it was like this will be available to shareholders at the annual meeting june 2. Hscedm08r00007 hscedm08r00007 period of performance. In fact, ahtna hosted a twoday meeting july 2021 with. In an epilogue to youngs book alaskanyukon trophies won and lost, which was. Other awards include the 2010 alyeska presidents award for excellence in environment, health and safety.
Ahtna technical services, incorporated, also known as atsi, offers a range of facility operations and maintenance support services. The ahtna also ahtena, atna, ahtna kohtaene, or copper river are an alaska native athabaskan people of the athabaskanspeaking ethnolinguistic group. Historical narratives of the upper ahtna people wrangell. Ahtna legends, myths, and stories this is our index of ahtna folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. Traditional knowledge and fishing practices of the ahtna people. Gossip, workplace drama, slow, incompetent project managers. Dec 06, 2016 john smelcer, a member of the ahtna tribe and one of the last speakers on earth, provides a brief history of the language in this second episode of ahtna 101. Numerous illustrations by larry vienneau accompany the stories and numerous pictures of the ahtna indians and the storytellers are also included.
The ahtna were a hunterfishergatherer tribe of alaskas copper river that had little white contact until the 1880s. Ahtna intertribal resource commission karen linnell, ed ncss cooperators meeting april 28, 2017. The ahtna people have occupied the copper river basin for the past 5,000 to 7,000 years. Ahtna language news newspapers books scholar jstor. Type of application intertribal technical assistance network. Ahtna construction is the proud recipient of the 2011 associated general contractors of alaskas excellence in safety award for 2011. Lucky me, getting to work in the education and tourism sec. Except for ahtna development corporation, all ahtna subsidiaries are overseen and managed by ahtna netiye, llc ahtna netiye netiye is an ahtna athabascan word meaning our strength provides strategic direction and corporate structure stability for the ahtna family of companies that is aimed at longterm growth and success. Life in an ahtna athabaskan village illustrated by. John smelcer, a member of the ahtna tribe and one of the last speakers on earth, provides a brief history of the language in this second episode of. A brief history of the dictionary from december 1995 until midmay 1998, i was the tribally appointed executive director of the ahtna heritage foundation, the nonprofit arm of ahtna native corporation whose mission is to document, preserve, and perpetuate the ahtna language and culture.
Very little promotional potential for entry and mid level positions, though are expected to do everything, as well as management level work. Founded in 1999, it provides military family housing maintenance and custodial and janitorial solutions. Ahtna construction and primary products corporation has been in business for over 40 years specializing in civil construction, pipeline maintenance, emergency preparedness and oil spill response. The ahtna language comes from the protoathabaskan language possibly evolving 5,000 to 10,000 years ago when humans migrated from eurasia to the new world over the bering sea floor beringia when it was dried up and exposed creating a natural land bridge. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here.
A new book that chronicles the history and life of the alaska native ahtna athabascan people, as shared by elders, debuted at a special presentation in cantwell recently. The following is a list of electronic dictionary resources in our collection. We encourage students and teachers to visit our main ahtna website for indepth information about the tribe, but here are our answers to the questions we are most often asked by children, with ahtna pictures and links we believe are suitable. The ahtna have been operating immigration detention centers for ice since at least 2002, and have been staffing the port isabel detention center, which can hold up to 1,200 detainees, for about. Ahtna is pleased to announce tom maloney as the chief executive officer of ahtna netiye, inc. The company offers hospital aseptic maintenance, catering and food supply services. Pursuant to section 14c3 of the alaska native claims settlement act, ancsa, 85 stat. Ahtna knowledge of longterm changes in salmon runs in the. An alaska native and shareholderowned corporation, ahtna, inc. Traditional knowledge and fishing practices of the ahtna. Online dictionary resources for alaska native languages. It is based on a series of oral history interviews conducted. Ahtna intertribal resource commission 2016 project. Mcclellan, for their early research in ahtna langage and history throughout the.
A union company, ahtna construction is fully licensed, insured and bonded with strong financial resources. Contract ahtna technical services hscedm08d00002 pdf. We are dedicated to preserving and furthering the cultural knowledge of ahtna shareholders in traditional songs, dance, language, history, and customs, as well as assisting them in achieving their educational goals. Ahtna is one of eleven athabaskan languages of alaska.
The project is designed to coordinate with the tribal administrators and village staff of eight federally recognized tribes across the 27 millionacre ahtna. Alaska department of fish and game, division of subsistence technical paper no. We have organized our native american tales section by tribe to make them easier to locate. Each village was made up of several families and was led by its own chief, or tyone. In 20 ahtna construction was awarded 2 portions of the x5 mainline integrity investigations project release a fall work and release c summer work. The ahtna heritage foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit corporation that was established by ahtna incorporated in 1986. The ahtna are an alaska native athabaskan people of the athabaskanspeaking.
Though considerably smaller in population and speaking a different language, they are culturally close to the neighboring tlingit. Excerpt from status of ahtna dena languagesondra shaginoffstuart, 2015, our language ame ack to us southcentral region of the state. The ahtna people utilized the salmon runs of the copper river and its tributaries and land mammals as their primary source of protein. Native american facts for kids was written for young people learning about the ahtna tribe for school or homeschooling reports. Ahtna heritage foundation glennallen, ak historical. Traditional knowledge consultants frank billum chitina fred ewan gulkana gene henry dot lake bell joe chistochina katie john mentasta wilson justin chistochina ben neely gulkana virginia pete tazlina frank stickwan tazlina andy tyone gulkana. Tom is a longstanding alaskan with over 25 years of executivelevel experience including developing corporate strategies, business development. Ahtna knowledge of longterm changes in salmon runs in. Many dictionaries of alaska native languages have been scanned are are available as searchable pdf documents. Those materials marked with a book icon can be purchased in book form from the. Some ethnographic and historical information on the use of large. The ahtna also ahtena, atna, ahtnakohtaene, or copper river are one of the tribes of athabaskan people in alaska.
Ahtna legends, myths, and traditional indian stories. Ahtna lands have great mineral resource potential the incredibly rich kennecott copper deposits attest to the ability of the region to host worldclass mines. The overall scope consisted of 9 mainline pipe excavations on the trans alaska pipeline system at mileposts 515. Dghayitna ahtna, dgheyaytnu, dgheyay leht denaina, zstickleback reek or zwhere stickleback run, ship reek, original anchorage townsite. The eyaks of the copper river delta are historically one of the most interesting groups of alaska natives because they represent the point at. The language of the ahtna people, which is also referred to by the same name, belongs to the nadene language family that includes the tlingit, eyak, and athabascan languages of north america.
A draft of the ahtna history book manuscript has been completed and we are currently shopping it to potential publishers. Ahtna language atna, copper river athabascan language. Historical narratives, historical places tells the story of connections that upper ahtna people have to the northern part of wrangellst. The ahtna tribal energy planning and technical assistance project ateptap will address the need to plan and coordinate renewable energy resources in a vast and sparsely populated region.
There are twice the number of project managers than junior staff. Only a few dozen copper river indian people still speak the ahtna language fluently today, but some. The tribes aggressive nature allowed them to remain isolated in spite of white exploration. Each family occupied a semisubterranean wood and pole frame house covered with spruce bark. Some books about alaska notes books that are not necessarily held by the alaska state library. The ahtna people take their name from the indigenous word for the copper river, which flows through ahtna land. Bulletin of the center for childrens books a strong and powerful book.
It is based on a series of oral history interviews conducted with ahtna elders from. In this issue of the kanas, bill continues his series on ahtna s history and ancsa. Bill often writes about the ongoing fight for ahtna s landuse rights a topic that remains a top priority for us today. The ahtna, an athapaskanspeaking american indian group, were located in the eighteenth century in the copper river basin of alaska and numbered about five hundred. Book recounts ahtna history through elders words kris. Like most athabaskan languages, ahtna has highly inflected verbs and an sov word order. Throughout the ahtna peoples history, they developed customary and traditional hunting and fishing practices that were a part of their daily lives and were central to their culture. Ahtna knowledge of longterm changes in salmon runs in the upper copper river drainage, alaska. Cover page of the along the altsetnaeynalcine trail report.
A family history book is something i have worked on, and it s designed so family can add to the story, or make comments. Whereas, ahtna, incorporated is one of alaska native regional corporations established by congress under terms of the alaska native claims settlement act in 1971 and seven of the eight villages within the ahtna region are merged with ahtna, inc. The software and accompanying materials are deemed to be commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation or restricted computer software as those terms are defined in the federal acquisition regulation far, and the government shall have only those rights specified in the manufacturers standard commercial license which is attached to and incorporated in. Apply to janitor, environmental engineer, engineer and more. As weve been reporting, author bill simeone has been working on an ahtna history book. Elias national park and preserve, focusing on the early years of the 20th century. The total population of ahtna is estimated at around 500. This is a collection of stories from the ahtna indians of alaska, collected and retold by tribe member john smelcer.
Additional details, including historical and cultural information, are provided in the. The new ahtna history book, netseh dae tkughite before us, it was. Tribeawardee ahtna intertribal resource commission. The people and their history netseh dae tkughite before us it was like this. Ahtna declares largest shareholder dividend in 10 years anchorage, alaska on november 19, 2016, in accordance with the earnings distribution policy, the ahtna, inc. The ahtna were divided into three geographical groups, each speaking a separate dialect and composed of several villages.
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