King George

[Mike Cleven]

>From: "Alan H. Hartley" <ahartley at D.UMN.EDU>

>
>Beware!
>
>The Ahtna (Atna, Atena, Ahtena) are an Athapaskan people of the Copper
>River of SE (but not panhandle) Alaska.
>
>Atnah (Atna, Atena, Atnak, Atnan) is another name for the (Salishan)
>Shuswap of southern B.C.

Aware of the difference between Ahtna and Atnah; the interpretation of the
latter from Fraser's journals is in one of the local histories; maybe
there's been a later revision of the reference.

M
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