Upper Tanana ethnographic overview and assessment, Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Description:

"Describes upper Tanana Athabascan culture prior to sustained western contact at the beginning of the 20th century and examines the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes on traditional lifeways that occurred during the 20th century. In addition, the study examines the longstanding relationships of the upper Tanana Indians to the neighboring Ahtna Athabascans and to lands in and near the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, primarily in the northern part of the Copper River Basin"--Abstract.

subjects: Athapascan Indians,  Social conditions,  Economic conditions,  History

Places: Alaska,  Copper River Region,  Tanana River Region,  Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve

Times: 20th century