Everything on earth has a spirit.
They call it “K’etniyi”, means ‘it’s saying
something.’ That’s how we believed
long ago. We believed that everything
had a spirit and should be treated with
respect. From a rock, water, mountains,
animals everything. This is what’s
missing today.
–Nick Carltikoff, Sr.
This collection of images was developed in collaboration with the Nondalton Tribal Government in 2018 & 2019. The goal of this project was to collect audio pronunciations of local place names, and to capture visual imagery of these locations that collectively represent the Dena’ina Homeland (Dena’ina Ełnena).
How This Content Was Used
This content was used to illustrate a 243 page traditional land use study of present-day Lake Clark National Park (Southwest Alaska) in Fall 2019.
