Gwich'in

alternative Gwitchin · alternative Kutchin

1. pluralplural onlyAn ethnic group native to the northern Yukon Territory and adjacent parts of Alaska.

   This history of the Gwich'in people is mostly unknown due to the lack of a written language.

   2013, James Minahan, Ethnic Groups of the Americas: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 162

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   Climate varies from among the harshest in the Subarctic in the northern territory of the Gwich'in to more benign among the Carrier in the south.

   2009, Alan D. McMillan, Eldon Yellowhorn, First Peoples In Canada, →ISBN, page 246

   It is not a Gwich'in history, nor is it a self-conscious effort to use Gwich'in structures of knowledge.

   2010, Richard J. Preston, A Kindly Scrutiny of Human Nature: Essays in Honour of Richard Slobodin, →ISBN

   Synonyms: Loucheux

alternative Gwitchin · alternative Kutchin

1. The Athabaskan language of this people.

   In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status are English, French, Dëne Sųłıné (Chipewyan), Nēhiyawēwin (Cree), Dene Kǝdǝ́ (Northern Slavey), Dene Zhatıé (Southern Slavey), Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik (Gwich’in), Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun and Tłįcho.

   2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories, Ottawa, Canada: Library of Parliament, page 30