Ahtna

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The Ahtna (trans. ice people) (also Ahtena, Atna, or Copper River) are one of the tribes of Athabaskan people in Alaska. Their language, also called Ahtna, is facing extinction. The tribe's homeland is located in the Copper River area of southern Alaska.

The Ahtna were known to the Tlingit through Eyak intermediaries; the Tlingit called them the Ikhka Khwáan meaning roughly "copper digging people". They were the source of nearly all native copper traded along the Northwest Coast during precontact times.

See also

• Ahtna Incorporated, the Alaska Native Regional Corporation representing the Copper River Native Association.
• Native Village of Kluti Kaah