The
Ahtna (also
Ahtena,
Atna, Ahtna-kohtaene, or
Copper River) are an
Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the
Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. The people's homeland called
Atna Nenn', is located in the
Copper River area of southern Alaska, and the name Ahtna derives from the local name for the Copper River. The total population of Ahtna is estimated at around 500.