This map shows the distribution of Ahtna speakers before European-contact.
Present-day country and state boundaries are provided for reference (with broken gray dashes).
The two rivers that cross Ahtna territory are Susitna (the northernmost river) and Copper (the more southern river). The Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers are also shown for reference.
Neighboring peoples are delineated with brown boundaries and are identified by number as follows:
Pacific Yupik
Central Alaskan Yupik
Deg Xinag
Denaʼina
Upper Kuskokwim
Holikachuk
Koyukon
Tanana (a.k.a. Lower Tanana, Minto)
Gwichʼin
Hän
Tanacross (a.k.a. Nabesna, Transitional Tanana)
Upper Tanana (a.k.a. Nabesna)
Northern Tutchone
Southern Tutchone
Eyak
Tlingit
Tagish
Tahltan
Sources
Goddard, Ives. (1996). Native languages and language families of North America [Map]. In I. Goddard (Ed.), Handbook of North American Indians: Languages (Vol. 17). (W. C. Sturtevant, General Ed.) Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN0-1604-8774-9.
Goddard, Ives. (1999). Native languages and language families of North America (rev. and enlarged ed. with additions and corrections). [Map]. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press (Smithsonian Institute). (Updated version of the map in Goddard 1996). ISBN0-8032-9271-6.
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