Dena'ina Athabascan History in the Upper Cook Inlet and Susitna Drainage скачать в хорошем качестве

Dena'ina Athabascan History in the Upper Cook Inlet and Susitna Drainage

Join the SRC as we welcome Kevin Toothaker from Knik Tribe to talk about the rich history of the Dena'ina Athabascan in the Upper Cook Inlet and Susitna Drainage. In late 2019, Knik Tribe was awarded a Cultural Exchange Grant from the Administration of Native Americans to do a Youth Cultural Exchange Program with other Cook Inlet Tribes, but the COVID 19 Pandemic prevented travel and made us think of alternative ways to share the Culture and history of the Dena’ina in the Upper Inlet. This pivot made us realize that many of our neighbors, coworkers, and colleagues truly did not have any idea of the rich history and culture of the Dena’ina in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Known for Caribou? Ice Skating across the inlet from Knik to Eklutna? A village on every salmon bearing stream? A 7’ tall Chief? This presentation is an effort to share the rich history of the Dena’ina Athabascans of the Upper Inlet with slides about the Dena’ina way of life and the history around Susitna Station, Red Shirt Lake, Kroto Creek Villages. “The Dena’ina reside here in the Upper Inlet of the Mat-Su Valley, we drive on their old trails, fish in the same streams, hunt where they hunted, and live in the beauty they preserved… Tikatnu” Kevin Toothaker works for Knik Tribe’s Cultural Preservation Department as a Cultural Exchange Coordinator. He is both a Palmer High School and Mat-Su College Graduate who has raised his family in the Mat-Su Valley.