Koyukon

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The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa (

Archaeological evidence suggests that the Koyukon people have inhabited their region for at least 1,000 years, with cultural roots there that stretch back thousands of years earlier.^[3]

Ethnobotany

The Koyukon freeze lingonberries for winter use.^[4]

Notable Koyukon

• Nikoosh Carlo, PhD, scientist and policy advisor. Dr. Carlo served as Senior Advisor, Climate & Arctic Policy to the Governor of Alaska (2017–18),^[5] Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of State for the U.S. Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015–2017), Public Voices Fellow at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication^[6] and as executive director, Alaska Arctic Policy Commission (2013–2015).^[7]
• Poldine Carlo, writer and elder
• Kathleen Carlo-Kendall, professional carver artist
• Mary Jane Fate, activist and leader
• Walter Harper, first man known to reach the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley), in June 1913
• Emil Notti, American engineer, Indigenous activist and Democratic politician
• Michael J. Stickman, First Chief of the Nuwato Tribal Council
• Morris Thompson, businessman and leader

References

Further reading

• Hunn, E.S. & Williams, N.M.(Eds.). (1982). Resource Managers: North American and Australian Hunter-Gatherers. Westview Press: Colorado. Nelson, R.K. “A Conservation Ethic and Environment: The Koykon of Alaska” p. 211-228 Rohrlich, R & Baruch, E. (Ed.). (1984).
• Naciente, Esperanza. "Indigenous Lifestyles: Lessons for the Industrialized World." Fighting For Freedom Because A Better World Is Possible Eds. Edgey Wildchild and Esperanza Naciente. New York: Planting Seeds Press. 2006. 121–126.
• Nelson, Richard K. Make Prayers to the Raven: A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986.
  ISBN 0-226-57163-7
• Nelson, Richard K., Kathleen H. Mautner, and G. Ray Bane. Tracks in the Wildland: A Portrayal of Koyukon and Nunamiut Subsistence. [Fairbanks]: Anthropology and Historic Preservation, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, 1982.
• Peter, Adeline. Iñuksuk: Northern Koyukon, Gwich'in & Lower Tanana, 1800-1901. Fairbanks, AK: Alaska Native Knowledge Network, 2001.
  ISBN 1-877962-37-6

• Media related to Koyukon at Wikimedia Commons