Loucheaux Tribes
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Loucheaux Tribes |
| Ethnie: | LOUCHEAUX TRIBES (KUTCHIN, GWITCH'IN, LOUCHEUX) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Champagne and Aishihik First Nations http://www.cafn.ca/ |
| Champagne and Aishihik First Nations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champagne_and_Aishihik_First_Nations |
| Champagne and Aishihik First Nations History http://www.caforestry.ca/history.aspx |
| Edith Josey http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/fall2000/bio_Josie.htm |
| 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 Indian Tribe History http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/canada/kutchinindianhist.htm |
| History of Contact ... http://yukon.taiga.net/vuntutrda/history/contact.htm |
| Loucheux http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09367b.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/ |
| 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/ |
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