Alaskan Athabaskans
The Alaskan Athabascans, Alaskan Athabaskans, Alaskan Athapaskans are Alaska Native peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They are the original inhabitants of the interior of Alaska. In Alaska, where they are the oldest, there are eleven groups identified by the languages they speak. These are the Dena’ina or Tanaina, Ahtna or Copper River Athabaskan, Deg Hit’an or Ingalik, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim or Kolchan, Tanana or Lower Tanana, Tanacross or Tanana Crossing, Upper Tanana, Gwich'in or Kutchin, and Hän. The Alaskan Athabascan culture is an inland creek and river fishing and hunter-gatherer culture. The Alaskan Athabascans have a matrilineal system in which children belong to the mother's clan, with the exception of the Yupikized Athabaskans.
Formerly the word Tinneh was employed to designate the Alaskan Athabaskans, this word being taken from their own language and signifying simply "men" or "people".Notable Alaskan Athabaskans
Ricko DeWilde, who was profiled in the National Geographic documentary television series Life Below Zero.
Emil Notti, an American engineer, indigenous activist and democratic politician. Key in the development of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
