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The word Denaʼina is composed of the dena, meaning 'person' and the human plural suffix ina.While the apostrophe which joins the two parts of this word ordinarily indicates a glottal stop, most speakers pronounce this with a diphthong, so that the second syllable of the word rhymes with English 'nine' (as in the older spelling Tanaina
They are the original inhabitants of the south central Alaska region ranging from Seldovia in the south to Chickaloon in the northeast, Talkeetna in the north, Lime Village in the northwest and Pedro Bay in the southwest. The Denaʼina homeland (Denaʼina Ełnena) is more than 41,000 sq mi (110,000 km 2) in area. [2]
Kachemak Bay (Dena'ina: Tika Kaq’) is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.The communities of Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Kachemak City are on the bay as well as three Old Believer settlements in the Fox River area, Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, and Razdolna.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve occupies the northernmost section of the southeastern Alaska coastline, between the Gulf of Alaska and Canada. The Canada–US border approaches to within 15 miles (24 km) of the ocean in the Saint Elias Mountains at Mount Fairweather , the park's tallest peak at 15,300 feet (4,700 m), transitioning to the ...
The community of Excursion Inlet is located in southern Haines Borough at (58.411303, -135.408740), [4] on the east side of Excursion Inlet, an arm of the Icy StraitThe CDP extends north to the boundary of Glacier Bay National Park near the head of Excursion Inlet, south to the mouth of Excursion Inlet, and east to the crest of the Chilkat Range.
The census of Alaska at the time listed the Auke population as 640, of whom 300 were on Admiralty Island, 50 on Douglas Island, and 290 on Stephens Passage, the latter presumably including those at the Point Louisa village. [3] The Auke people continued to return to what they called Indian Point, for the annual harvest of herring at spawning ...
The Chilkat Range is a mountain range in Haines Borough and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska, [2] west of the city of Juneau. The Chilkat Range is one of the principal divisors between Haines Borough and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. It also separates Chilkat Inlet and Lynn Canal from Muir Inlet in Glacier Bay.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve established on December 2, 1980; Katmai National Park and Preserve established on December 2, 1980; Kenai Fjords National Park established on December 2, 1980; Kobuk Valley National Park established on December 2, 1980; Lake Clark National Park and Preserve established on December 2, 1980