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The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa (
Denaakk'e: Tl’eeyegge Hut’aane) are an
Alaska NativeAthabascan people of the
Athabascan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional territory is along the
Koyukuk and
Yukon rivers where they subsisted for thousands of years by hunting and trapping. Many Koyukon live in a similar manner today.
The
Koyukon language belongs to a large family called
Na-Dené or
Athabascan, traditionally spoken by numerous groups of native people throughout northwestern
North America. In addition, due to ancient migrations of related peoples, other Na-Dené languages, such as
Navajo and
Apachean varieties, are spoken in the American Southwest and in
Mexico.
History
The first Europeans to enter Koyukon territory were
Russians, who came up the Yukon River to
Nulato in 1838. When they arrived, they found that items such as iron pots, glass beads, cloth apparel, and tobacco had already reached the people through their trade with coastal
Eskimos, who had long traded with Russians. An epidemic of
smallpox had preceded them, causing high fatalities in the village. In subsequent years, European infectious diseases drastically reduced the Koyukon population, who had no
immunity to these new diseases.
Relative isolation persisted along the Koyukuk until 1898, when the
Yukon Gold Rush brought more than a thousand men to the river. They found little gold, and most left the following winter.[2]
Archaeological evidence suggests that the Koyukon people have inhabited their region for at least 1,000 years, with cultural roots there that stretch back thousands of years earlier.[3]
Nikoosh Carlo, PhD, scientist and policy advisor. Dr. Carlo served as Senior Advisor, Climate & Arctic Policy to the Governor of Alaska (2017–18),[5] Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State for the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015–2017), Public Voices Fellow at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication[6] and as executive director, Alaska Arctic Policy Commission (2013–2015).[7]
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Nelson, Richard K., Kathleen H. Mautner, and G. Ray Bane. Tracks in the Wildland: A Portrayal of Koyukon and Nunamiut Subsistence. [Fairbanks]: Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982.