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 Former Gwichʼin grand chief Clarence Alexander in 2004 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 6,400[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Alaska | |
| Languages | |
| Northern Athabaskan languages, American English (Alaskan variant), Russian (historically) | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism (largely ex), Christianity |
The Alaskan Athabascans,[2][3][4][5][6][7] Alaskan Athapascans[8] or Dena[9] (Russian: атабаски Аляски, атапаски Аляски)[10] are Alaska Native peoples of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. They are the original inhabitants of the interior of Alaska.[citation needed]
Formerly they identified as a people by the word Tinneh (nowadays Dena; cf. Dene for Canadian Athabaskans). Taken from their own language, it means simply "men" or "people".[11]
- ^ "Athabascans of Interior Alaska". www.ankn.uaf.edu.
- ^ "Athabascans of Interior Alaska". www.ankn.uaf.edu.
- ^ "Appendix E: Race Code List" (PDF).
- ^ "South Dakota Department of Education, Race/Ethnicity Guidance, Race Identification" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-23. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- ^ "athabascan". www.aa.tufs.ac.jp.
- ^ "Alaska's Heritage: Alaskan Athabascans". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-03-14.
- ^ Susan W. Fair (2006). Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation, Continuity
- ^ William Simeone, A History of Alaskan Athapaskans, 1982, Alaska Historical Commission
- ^ "------------- Dena Languages -----------". anlorg.
- ^ Дзенискевич Г. И. Атапаски Аляски. — Л.: «Наука», Ленинградское отд., 1987
- ^ U.S. Government Printing Office (1900), Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior