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Ahtna

Also Ah·te·na

[aht-nuh]

noun

plural

Ahtnas 
,

plural

Ahtna .
  1. a member of a group of Indians inhabiting the Copper River Valley in southeastern Alaska.

  2. the Athabascan language of the Ahtna.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of Ahtna1

First recorded in 1875–80; from Russian Atna a name for the Copper River, from Ahtna ʔatnaʔ the lower Copper River (placename of obscure origin)
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Example Sentences

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Without federal protections on the Copper River, Ahtna anglers would risk getting “pushed out,” according to John Sky Starkey, a lawyer representing Ahtna.

From Salon

Ahtna Inc., a corporation owned by Indigenous shareholders in the Copper River region — some 500 miles east of the Kuskokwim — has also sided with the Biden administration.

From Salon

“I’m glad I gave music a full-time shot, because in the past my songs were really sad,” says the 30-year-old Alaska Native, who is of Ahtna and Iñupiat ancestry.

Long before any of this, the land was home to the Ahtna Athabascan people, who still practice traditional subsistence hunting and fishing in the area.

The Ahtna Alaska Native corporation currently owns 622,000 acres within the park and preserve.

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