The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa are an Alaska Native Athabascan 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.
Poldine Carlo, Koyukon author, 2007
Koyukon people on left bank of Koyukuk River, 195 miles above its mouth, September 6, 1898.
Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Alaskan Creoles, IƱupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. They are often defined by their language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized Alaska Native tribal entities, who in turn belong to 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations, who administer land and financial claims.
Alaska Native dancer performing in Fairbanks
Alaska Native Languages
Yupik mother and child, Nunivak Island, c. 1929; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.
Metlakahtla brass band