FDI - Kutchin

*Ethnie:*	KUTCHIN TRIBES (GWITCHEN)
*Language:*	Han-Kutchin
*Family:*	Athapaskan
*Stock:*	Nuclear Na-Dene
*Phylum:*	Na-Dene
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwest

The Kutchin language group were several arctic hunter tribes. They ranged generally inland but above the Arctic Circle from north central Alaska to the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. They suffered severely from disease, even though they had little early White contact. The name "Loucheaux" is preferred in Canada.

Aboriginal Locations (Villages)

AK Dihai-kutchin, Kutcha-kutchin, Natsit-kutchin, Tennuth-kutchin, Tranjik-kutchin, Vunta-kutchin

Year	*History*
1789	Met by Mackenzie
1806	Fort Good Hope established
1847	Fort Yukon established
185X	Epidemics, smallpox [?]
1860	Contact with Catholic and Church of England missionaries
1897	Scarlet fever epidemic
1898	Klondike gold rush opened territories
1904	Measles epidemic
1921	Influenza epidemic
1928	Influenza epidemic

Year	*Total AK* Population	Source
1700	2,900	NAHDB calculation
1740	2,900	Mooney estimate
1800	2,500	NAHDB calculation
1850	5,400	Kretch (Kutchin and Loucheaux)
1860	1,000	Kretch (Kutchin and Loucheaux)
1900	500	NAHDB calculation
1968	2,150	Slobodin (Kutchin and Loucheaux)
2000	1,400	NAHDB calculation

Kutchin Sites

Doyon Limited http://www.doyon.com/

Eagle Village http://www.beringsea.com/communities/index.php?community=98

Kutchin Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t174

Gwich'In http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/g/gw/gwichin1.htm

Gwich'In Laguage http://www.native-languages.org/gwichin.htm

History of Eagle Village http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-EagleVillage.htm

Kutchin Indain Ready to Hunt http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume2/section5/52-56link3.htm

Kutchin Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/canada/kutchinindianhist.htm

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation http://www.yfnta.org/community/Profile.asp?First_Nation=19