Ch'eno'

Ch’eno’ is the Lower Tanana name for the Chena River, a tributary of the Tanana in the forests of interior Alaska. Its name makes an indirect reference to game, recalling caribou herds in the lower river valley. The river winds through a boreal landscape of spruce, birch and wetlands before joining the Tanana. Lower Tanana-speaking communities used this country and its waterways, moving among seasonal fishing and hunting places. The Chena dialect formed one part of the linguistic landscape of the Tanana valley.