Koyukon

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Koyukon

Poldine Carlo, Koyukon author, 2007
Regions with significant populations
United States (Alaska)	2,300[1]
Languages
English, Koyukon, Russian (historically)
Religion
Christianity, Animism
Related ethnic groups
Deg Hit'an, Holikachuk, Gwich'in, other Northern Athabaskan peoples

The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa (Denaakk'e: Tl’eeyegge Hut’aane) are an Alaska Native Athabascan people of the Athabascan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional territory is along the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers where they subsisted for thousands of years by hunting and trapping. Many Koyukon live in a similar manner today.

The Koyukon language belongs to a large family called Na-Dené or Athabascan, traditionally spoken by numerous groups of native people throughout northwestern North America. In addition, due to ancient migrations of related peoples, other Na-Dené languages, such as Navajo and Apachean varieties, are spoken in the American Southwest and in Mexico.