Thandlät is a mountain to the west of Kusawa Lake in the Yukon. The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.
The mountain of Thandlät is cited in literature about the traditional homelands of the Tlingit and the Southern Tutchone.[1][2][3] The first of the Yukon Ice Patches archaeological study artifacts to be discovered in 1997, was an atlatl dart fragment, which was located at an elevation of 1850 m on the mountain.[1][4][5]: 363
^Cruikshank, J. (1985), Contributions to the Oral History of the Kusawa Lake Region, Yukon Territory, p. 28{{citation}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help) From Mrs. Annie Ned prepared for Archaeological Survey of Canada, National Museums of Canada.
^Cruikshank, Julie (January 1, 1991). Life Lived Like a Story: Life Stories of Three Yukon Native Elders. UBC Press. p. 428.
^de la Cadena, Marisol; Starn, Orin, eds. (September 15, 2007). Indigenous Experience Today. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 384. ISBN978-1845205195. Retrieved December 2, 2017. In 1997, "a wildlife biologist hiking near a north facing alpine basin some 1,830 meters above sea level stumbled on a square-kilometer concentration of caribou droppings melting from an alpine snow patch. Artifacts were literally pouring out of melting ice. Subsequent research revealed evidence of ancient caribou harvesting on the mountain named Thandlät in Southern Tutchone language. Scientists describe this rare opportunity to explore questions about the prehistoric ecology of large caribou populations, implications of climate change for caribou, and human use of high-elevation hunting sites."
