BEAVER CREEK IS WHERE THE WHITE RIVER INDIANS LIVE. THEY ARE AFFILIATED WITH UPPER TANANA AND NORTHERN TUTLCHONE. IN 2000 THEY HAD 124 MEMBERS AND ABOUT 80 LIVED IN ANOTHER OTHER COMMUNITIES. THE UPPER TANANA LANGUAGE IS ATHAPASKAN DIALECT AND IS OF MANY GROUPS. THE WHITE RIVER PEOPLE INCLUDE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TUTCHONE. TODAY THE WHITE RIVER PEOPLE INCLUDE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TUTCHONE. TODAY THE WHITE RIVER NATION HAS NOT SIGNED THE FINAL AGREEMENT. THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING WITH THE FEDERAL AND YUKON GOVERNMENTS.
FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THEY HAVE DEFINED THEMSELVES BY THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ANIMALS. THEIR LAWS, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS, AND CLAN SYSTEM ARE BASED ON TREMEDOUS DEPENDANCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THEIR LEGENDS TELL THEM HOW THEY ORIGINATED IN THE WORLD. AND ARE TOLD TODAY BY OUR ELDERS AND YOU WHO LEARN CARRY ON THEIR TRADITIONS. THEIR ANCESTORS TELL HOW CROW STARTED THEY WORLD. HE BROUGHT FIRST LIGHT INTO THE WORLD. HE LET THE STARS, SUN, AND MOON ESCAPE FROM A WEALTHY MAN SO THAT THEY BELONGED TO EVERYONE.
CYFN.CAOURNATIONS
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