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The Ahtna (also Ahtena, Atna, Ahtna-kohtaene, or Copper River) are an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. The people's 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.
The Ahtna region is located primarily in the Copper River Census Area of Alaska, with a small spillover into the neighboring Denali Borough in the area of Cantwell. Ahtna's total entitlement under ANCSA is 1,770,000 acres (7,160 km 2 ).
Copper River Highway (Alaska Route 10) runs from Cordova to the lower Copper River near Childs Glacier, following the old railroad route and ending at the reconstructed Million Dollar Bridge across the river. [18] [19] The Tok Cut-Off (Alaska Route 1) follows the Copper River Valley on the north side of the Chugach Mountains. [20]
The U.S. state of Alaska is divided into 19 organized boroughs and 11 census areas in the unorganized borough.Alaska, and the states of Connecticut and Louisiana are the only states that do not call their first-order administrative subdivisions counties (Connecticut uses Planning Regions and Louisiana uses parishes instead). [1]
Chitina (Ahtna Athabascan Tsedi Na ' [tʃɛ.diː.näʔ] < tsedi "copper" + na ' "river") [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 126, up from 123 in 2000.
Glennallen / ɡ l ɛ ˈ n æ l ən / (Ciisik’e Na’ in Ahtna) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area [a] in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census , the population of the CDP was 439, down from 483 in 2010. [ 3 ]
The Act lays out the specifics of the corporations' status. Here is an excerpt of the relevant portion: [5] 43 U.S.C. § 1606 (a) Division of Alaska into twelve geographic regions; common heritage and common interest of region; area of region commensurate with operations of Native association; boundary disputes, arbitration.
Gakona / ɡ ə ˈ k oʊ n ə / (Ggax Kuna’ [2] in Ahtna Athabascan) is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Copper River Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 169, down from 218 in 2010. [3] It is home to the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program.