THIS PROJECT S GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY AND PRESERVE THE ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRADING PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AHTNA AND YAKUTAT, TWO TRADING NATIONS THAT HAVE HAD LESS CONTACT IN THE LAST CENTURY DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS, HIGHWAYS, AND INCREASED AIR TRAVEL TODAY, THE VILLAGES ARE SEPARATED BY WILDERNESS AND THE POLITICAL BOUNDARY OF THE US AND CANADA AS THE ELDERS FROM BOTH COMMUNITIES AGE, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO COLLECT THE STORIES AND CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS OBJECTIVES INCLUDE CREATING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KNOWN SOURCES OF AHTNA YAKUTAT INTERACTION, HOSTING AN AHTNA YAKUTAT YOUTH AND ELDERS EVENT, AND DEVELOPING A PLAN FOR A LONG TERM CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM