Kutchin Tribes
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Kutchin Tribes |
| 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 |
| Present Locations |
| AK Doyon Limited, Fairbanks |
| Eagke Village |
| 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 |
| Other speakers of the same language: |
| None |
| Kutchin Sites |
| Gwich'In Council International http://www.gwichin.org/gwichin.html |
| Gwich'In Culture http://www.gwichinsteeringcommittee.org/gwichinnation.html |
| Gwich'In Language http://www.native-languages.org/gwichin.htm |
| Gwich'In Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gwi |
| Gwich'In Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=gwi |
| Gwich'In of Alaska and Canada http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/ANWR/anwrgwichin.html |
| Kutchin http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Kutchin.html |
| Kutchin Authors http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/t174 |
| Kutchin Clothing http://www.enotes.com/history/q-and-a/what-was-kutchin-s-indian-tribe-traditional-36053 |
| History of Eagle Village http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-EagleVillage.htm |
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