An Overview of Dena’ina Athabascan Uses of Sites on and Near Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska

• Main Authors: Davis, Nancy Yaw, Fall, James A., The Dena'ina Team
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Division of Subsistence Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Cultural Dynamics Anchorage, Alaska 2003
• Subjects: Cook Inlet; Point Campbell; Chester Creek; Anchorage, AK; Green Lake; Cairn Point; Alaska State / Territory; Ship Creek; Point Possession; Elmendorf Air Force Base; Fire Island; Point Woronzof; Knif Bluff Trail; School Fish Campsite; Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson; Cultural Resources; Outlet Stream; US Army Corps of Engineers; Ethnographic Research; Ethnohistoric Research; Historic Background Research; Systematic Survey; Anchorage; Cairn; Base Davis; Athabascan; Dena'ina; Tanaina; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6067/xcv8457963; https://core.tdar.org/document/457963/an-overview-of-denaina-athabascan-uses-of-sites-on-and-near-elmendorf-air-force-base-alaska

The area presently occupied by the Elmendorf Air Force Base (Elmendorf AFB) in southcentral Alaska lies within the traditional territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina (Tanaina) Athabascan Indians. In 1994, members of the Dena'ina Athabascan community of Eklutna formed the "Dena...