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People group profile · PG043497

The Upper Tanana of Canada

The Upper Tanana of Canada, numbering about 50 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are an Athabaskan people of eastern Interior Alaska's Tok, Tetlin, and Northway villages extending into adjacent Yukon, Canada, traditionally organized into extended-family bands that hunted caribou together and traded copper with the neighboring Ahtna.

They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak English.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Upper Tanana

Fast facts

Country
Canada
Population
50
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
North American Indigenous
Primary language
English (eng)
Primary religion
Protestantism
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
10% or Greater but Less than 15%
GSEC ?
10% or Greater Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Moderately Reached People Group
Region
Northern America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Upper Tanana are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Upper Tanana

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Protestantism · Christianity

Primary language

English

100% speak English

Gospel resources in English

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories available

Films

  • JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Upper Tanana

  1. John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
  2. Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
  3. Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
  4. Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.

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Upper Tanana in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
Upper TananaUnited States300No Longer Unreached

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