Nanutset ch'u Q'udi Gu: Before Our Time and Now - An Ethnohistory of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Gaul KK. 2007. Nanutset ch'u Q'udi Gu: Before Our Time and Now - An Ethnohistory of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Alaska Natives have lived in south central Alaska for thousands of years. Historic and current residents are primarily Dena’ina, with some Yup’ik speaking peoples along the southern and western shores of Iliamna Lake. The Dena’ina who reside in the general region of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve have occupied countless settlement sites, journeyed along rivers and through high passes, hunted across vast territories, fished from rivers and lakes, and gathered subsistence materials from tundra and forests in the region for hundreds of years. This report documents the Dena’ina culture throughout the years including their lifestyle, social organization, adaptation to the changing environment, and education. This history of occupation and use, contemporary settlements around park edges, and continued subsistence use of lands in the Park and Preserve are often not so visible to outside visitors. The Park seeks to develop materials to document past and current cultural heritage, and to protect the material and structural remains of those cultures. This document is meant to serve as a resource for community residents, park managers, and the greater public.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Gaul, Karen
- Date of Issue
- 2007-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- HIST , LACL
- Keywords
- Alaska, Cultural heritage, Cultural Resource Management, Cultural Resources, Dena'ina, ehistory, Fishing, History, History, Iliamna, kinship, Lake Clark, Mining, Natural Resources, Preservation, Resource Management, Russia, Subsistence economy, Tourism, tradition