A Reexamination of the salmon dependence of the Pacific Drainage Culture Athapaskans
essay 1977 Hosley, Edward H.

Proto-AthapaskansNorth America > Arctic and Subarctic
Hosley proposes the shift from a hunting emphasis to a fishing emphasis among the Athapaskans of the Alaskan Plateau was brought about by the acculturative pressures of the contact period (circa 1800 - 1930). Therefore fishing would have been much le...