Editing Minto, Alaska (section)

==History==
[[Image:Minto Post Office.jpg|thumb|right|Minto's post office is seen in July 2009.]]
Minto is in the western part of traditional Tanana [[Athabaskan]] territory.  During the late 1800s, some members of the nomadic Minto band traveled to [[Tanana, Alaska|Tanana]], [[Rampart, Alaska|Rampart]] and [[Fort Yukon, Alaska|Fort Yukon]] to trade furs for manufactured goods, tea and flour.  After gold was discovered north of [[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]] in 1902, steamboats began to travel on the [[Tanana River]], bringing goods and people into the area.  Old Minto, on the banks of the Tanana River, became a permanent settlement when some members of the Minto band built log cabins there.  Other families lived there seasonally in tents.  A school was established in 1937, but most families still did not live in Minto year-round until the 1950s.  The people from the Minto band were eventually joined by families from [[Nenana, Alaska|Nenana]], Toklat, Crossjacket and [[Chena, Alaska|Chena]].

Minto was relocated in 1969, due to repeated flooding and erosion.  The present site is {{convert|65|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the old site.  The new site had been used as a fall and winter camp since the early 1900s.  New housing and a new school were completed by 1971.

The Old Minto Family Recovery Camp is a rustic treatment center operated by the [[Tanana Chiefs Conference]] relocated away from the old river edge village site. A residential program, it incorporates daily group and individual counseling for drug and alcohol addictions with traditional lifestyle activities and [[Athabascan]] cultural immersion.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160828124129/https://www.tananachiefs.org/health/rehabilitation/omfrc/ Old Minto Family Recovery Camp], Tanana Chiefs Conference. Retrieved November 29, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/articles-and-news/2013/08/using-native-values-and-strengths-to-help-people-heal.html Using Native values and strengths to help people heal], [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]]. Retrieved November 29, 2016.</ref> The old village site is used for seasonal celebrations including by the Cultural Heritage and Education Institute which provides curriculum elements in the school at New Minto.<ref>[http://www.ankn.uaf.edu/ANCR/Athabascan/CHEI/oldminto.html Old Minto], [[University of Alaska Fairbanks]]. Retrieved November 29, 2016.</ref>