Tributaries
Tidbits from the Headwaters
Court Fight over Alaska Native Carbon Credits
A new lawsuit threatens to upend a landmark, four-decade-old revenue sharing pact that’s guided the distribution of more than $2 billion among Alaska’s Native corporations.
Making Copper Tools at Copper Archaeology Camp
On August 1-3, Kory Cooper, Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University, collaborated with Ahtna, Incorporated in hosting a Copper Archaeology Camp. Participants made objects and tools by hand from native copper nuggets using stones to shape the metal and visited the Gulkana archaeology site, where thousand-year-old artifacts were excavated in the 1970s and ‘90s.
A Visit to the Ahtna Cultural Center
The Ahtna Cultural Center, now closed for the season, reopened for the first time since the Covid pandemic this summer. Situated in the campus of the Wrangell St Elias National Park administrative office and visitor center, the Cultural Center offers the opportunity to learn about Ahtna language, history, and contemporary culture.
Copper Stone Island, Woman Creek, and Respected Woman Creek
On September 8, the Department of the Interior announced the new names for locales across the country that had previously been named “squaw.” New names were submitted and chosen for our region.
Family Values At Klutina River Camp
On July 28 and 29, CRNA hosted Klutina River Camp. The camp was well attended by people from a cross section of area communities and generations.
Ahtna Cultural Center Reopens Under New Partnership Between Ahtna and the National Park Service
The Ahtna Cultural Center (ACC), C’ek’aedi Hwnax ‘Legacy House’, has reopened thanks to a new partnership between Ahtna, Incorporated and America’s largest national park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve.
