Vanishing Culture is dedicated to celebrating the culture of the
Natives that have inhabited the Alaska interior for over 15,000
years. The Natives inhabiting the interior of Alaska have been
there for over 15,000 years. Except for missionaries and a few
trappers and traders, the white man was virtually non-existent
there until the mid-nineteenth century. In this part of America,
the relationships that developed between the white man and the
Indian were far more peaceful than in the lower 48. There were
no bloody battles like those associated with the settling and
taming of the west. In Alaska there existed a different kind of
war....A Culture War....that still brews to this day. I took my
first trip to Tok, Alaska in 2003 where I met Athabaskan Indian
Chief Danny Adams of Tetlin. After spending a few weeks with the
Natives, I was fascinated by their lifestyle and their stories.
When I returned home, I tried to learn more about my new found
friends and much to my dismay, there wasn't a lot of information
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