Ahtna Travel Narratives
A Demonstration of Shared Geographic Knowledge among Alaska Athabascans
Distributed for University of Alaska Press
Told by Jim McKinley, Frank Stickwan, Jake Tansy, Katie John, and Adam Sanford
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Symbols and Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. ‘Atna’ K’et Kayax ‘el Tl’atina’ Ngge’: Ahtna Villages on the Copper River and in the Klutina River Drainage
Jim McKinley
Klutina River Drainage Through Time
2. Ben K’atggeh hwts’e’ Denaey ‘Iine ‘Uze’: Personal Names of Chiefs, Tazlina River to Tyone Lake
Frank Stickwan
Notes on Ahtna Personal Names
3. Saen Tah Xay Tah C’a Lu’sghidel: We Used to Travel Around in Summer and Winter
Jake Tansy
Cultural Geography of the Hwtsaay Hwt’aene ’the small timber people’
4. Natael Nenn’: The Batzulnetas Country
Katie John
Solved: The Origin of "Tok"
5. C’uka Ts’ul’aen’i gha Nen’ Ta’stedel dze’: How We Went Hunting Out in the Country
Adam Sanford
6. Summary of Ahtna Place Names and Riverine Directionals
References
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
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