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t. Banow ALASKA 164l 160c 4> 1935 / 5 0 100 15 0 MILES 50 0 50 10 0 150 KILOMETERS / Pie/zd ted dp/ & fidcffledtie sd, d?idta^e id Jt. Ho< pe I* c°' AKCTj.c H Noatak River i , °c£-ibj A <7A'*\ / *- I°A % / XorzL I tri eg. - e'Ss/~ A R C T i c ?tin fU'/*S ce °f Kales I SEi/y nOtf *rd I, p eh ^ #' IHSu la / 64° *> / Tl 1 KA TEEL 11 ^ ^ ^ / *o Af £ N U LA TO &?Yuku( TANA NAt / 7 Jooa«D kai tag 1 rob v sr UNa«-4k[7Et ■^7 / 0^ \ sr. Mich AEt I,SHKa K A T 62c jSr } <4/ ANV|K J o Mo I, ^ A c ,Hah£i A holy cross y cj N / */ "6>/ "fc- "b 6Cr >5 f* V^ t> / /j^Tr i \Jj f jt * TRAVELS AMONG THE DENA Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/travelsamongdenaOOOOdela TRAVELS AMONG THE DENA Exploring Alaska's Yukon Valley FREDERICA de LAGUNA A McLellan Book university of Washington press Seattle & London J- Bata Library % •KENT UNIVERSITY PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO This book is published with the assistance of a grant from the McLellan Endowed Series Fund, established through the generosity of Martha McCleary McLellan and Mary McLellan Williams. Copyright © 2000 by the University of Washington Press Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data de Laguna, Frederica, 1906- Travels among the Dena : exploring Alaska’s Yukon Valley / Frederica de Laguna, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-295-97902-x (alk. paper) 1. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska—Description and travel. 2. Koyukon Indians. 3. Ingalik Indians. 4. de Laguna, Frederica, 1906- Journeys—Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska) I. Title. F912.Y9 D43 2000 9i7-98’6 — dc2i 99-054538 The paper used in this publication is acid-free and recycled from 10 percent postconsumer and at least 50 percent preconsumer waste. It meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi A39.48-1984. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY COMPANIONS ON THE YUKON, ARMOND JOHN EARDLEY, KENNETH GORTON, AND NORMAN REYNOLDS, WHO HAVE PRECEDED ME UP THE GREAT RIVER