"The name "Athabascan" comes from the large lake in Canada called "Lake Athabasca". The lake was given its name by the Cree Indians, who lived east of it. In Cree, "Athabasca" means "grass here and there", and was a descriptive name for the lake. The name was extended to refer to those Indian groups which lived west of the lake. It also refers to the large language family of which all the languages of Athabascan Indians are a part." - http://ankn.uaf.edu/curriculum/Athabascan/Athabascans/appendix_a.html
"My father was Scottish and English... My mother is Gwinch'in, Athabascan, from Fort Yukon, Alaska. She was raised by my great-grandmother and is very well versed in oral history and tribal knowledge. I grew up identifying with being Indian. I attended Navajo Mathodist Mission School in Farmington, New Mexico, for six years. I have always lived in or near tribal communities. It was not until my thirities that I realized that I was classified as a half-breed. I classify myself as Indian." - Luci Beach
Poem: 2 months rent due and 1 bag of rice (pg 262)