Copper Valley People Who Have Been Honored Over The Years By AFN

Alaska Federation Of Natives Has Awarded Recognition To Many Ahtna People 

Over the years many Copper River people have been awarded recognition from AFN for their cultural leadership. They were just a few leaders over the past decades from around Alaska who have won similar awards from AFN.

Roy Ewan, of Gulkana, was named AFN Citizen of the Year.

The late Roy Ewan. (Photo, Country Journal) 

Eileen Ewan, also of Gulkana, received recognition as AFN's "Culture Bearer" in recognition of her work passing on Ahtna culture to newer generations. 

Katie John of Mentasta was honored in 2013 with the Hunter-Fisher award. In 1988, Walter Charley was named AFN Citizen of the Year. Dr. Donna Galbreath of Mentasta, who is Senior Medical Director of Quality Assurance For Southcentral Foundation and an Ahtna Athabascan, received the AFN Health Award in 2019 for improving Alaskan health care. 

Nathaniel Mitchell won the AFN Military Service Award in 2023. Robert Marshall of Tazlina (for whom the CRNA medical center is named) won the 2013 AFN Elder of the Year award.