“People forget that Anchorage is in Eklutna, not the other way around.“ Maria Coleman, Native Village of Eklutna Many people now living in Anchorage are unfamiliar with the Native names of prominent geographic features. Fortunately, a linguist and a cultural anthropologist found an Alaska Native, a Dena’ina Athabascan named Shem Pete, who was an expert in that field. Pete had hunted and explored nearly 14,000 … Continue reading Naming Eklutna Valley