ATHENA INDIANS WERE CALLED ICE PEOPLE. THEY HAD VARIOUS NAMES. THE ATHENA BELONGED TO ATHAPASKAN STOCK. THEY RESEMBLE IN PHYSICAL APPEARANCE THE KOYUKUKOTANA. THEY HAVE 9 VILLAGES. THE MOUTH OF COPPER RIVER WAS DISCOVERED BY A EUROPEAN IN 1781. THESE NATIVES MET THEM WITH HOSTILITY. IN 1882 WHEN ALASKA BECAME A STATE OTHER TRADERS WERE KILLED BY THE NATIVES. IN 1884 LT. ALLEN VISITED THE AHTENA VILLAGES ON COPPER RIVER AND EVER SINCE THEN THE RIVER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN OK. IN 1928 THERE WERE 500 AHTENA. IN 1920 THE TOTAL POPULATION OF ALASKA WAS ABOUT 4500 PEOPLE.
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