The Ahtna (trans. ice people) (also Ahtena, Atna, Ahtna-khotana, 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.
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Ahtena is an almost extinct Athapaskan language formerly spoken in North America.
The language is: Ahtena
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