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Loucheaux Tribes

 

 

Ethnie: LOUCHEAUX TRIBES (KUTCHIN, GWITCH'IN)
Language: Han-Kutchin
Family: Athapaskan
Stock: Nuclear Na-Dene
Phylum: Na-Dene
Macro-Culture: Northwest

 

 

 

 

      The Kutchin language group, including the Loucheaux, 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 "Kutchin" is preferred in Alaska.
Aboriginal Locations (Villages)
NT         Nakotcho-kutchin
YT         Takkuth-kutchin, Tatlit-kutchin, Vunta-kutchin
Present Locations
NT Aklavik Indian Band, Aklavik
  Teetl'it Zheh, Fort McPherson
  Tsiigehtchic Chartered Community, Arctic Red River
YT Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, Haines Junction
  Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, Old Crow
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  Population NT YT   Source
1700 1,700 500 1,200   NAHDB calculation
1740 1,700       Mooney estimate
1800 2,500 800 1,700   NAHDB calculation
1850 2,600       Krech
1860 500       Krech
1900 500       NAHDB calculation
1968 1,000       Slobodin
2000 2,000 1,200 900   NAHDB calculation
2005 2,009 1,219 890   Indian Life Online
Other speakers of the same language:
Han, Kutchin Tribes
Loucheaux Sites
Aklavik Band  http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nwt/pro_nt.php
Aklavik Indian Band  http://www.aib.ca/
Arctic Red River Band  http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nwt/pro_nt2.php
Arctic Red River (Tsiigèhnjik)
Champagne/Aishihik Community Profile  http://www.yfnta.org/community/Profile.asp?First_Nation=2
Chanpagne and Aishihik  http://www.gov.yk.ca/depts/eco/stats/fnprofiles/Champagne_Aishihik.pdf
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations  http://www.cafn.ca/
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations  http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/yukon/pro_yt1.php
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_and_Aishihik_First_Nations
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations  http://www.bctreaty.net/nations_3/champagne.html
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations History  http://www.caforestry.ca/history.aspx
Edith Josey  http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/fall2000/bio_Josie.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
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
Fort McPherson  http://www.gwichin.nt.ca/gwichinCommunitiesFortMcPherson.htm
Fort McPherson Band, http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nwt/pro_nt19.php
Fort McPherson Community Profile  http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/VisitorInfo/NWTMapandHistory/FortMcPherson.html
History of Contact ...   http://yukon.taiga.net/vuntutrda/history/contact.htm
Mackenzie River and Arctic Red River Crossing  http://www.explorenwt.com/travel-guides/PDF/Touring_guide_2005/Pg%2029-31%20Dempster%20Highway%20cont..pdf
Old Crow - Yukon  http://www.oldcrow.ca/
St. Matthew's - Fort McPherson  http://www.arcticnet.org/ftmcp.htm
Tetlin Gwich'in Council  http://www.arcticnet.org/ftmcp.htm
Tsiigehtchic  http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nin/pro/nwt/tsiigehtchic_e.html
Tsiigehtchic Arctic Red River  http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCRSummaryEn/2602
Tsiigehtchic Chartered Community  http://www.gwichin.nt.ca/gwichinCommunitiesTsiigehtchic.htm
Vunta Kutchin First Nation  http://www.yfnta.org/community/Profile.asp?First_Nation=19
Vuntut Gwitchen  http://www.vgfn.ca/
Vuntut Gwitchin Community Profile  http://www.yfnta.org/community/Profile.asp?First_Nation=19
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation  http://www.fiddlechicks.com/oldcrow/
Vuntut Gwitchin Tribal Council  http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/yukon/pro_yt14.php

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