FDI - Loucheaux

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.

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

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

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