This video is for the "The Dinjii Zhuu (Gwichʼin) People".. , their history, culture and affiliations. There are also videos in this channel for over 170 more North & South American Indigenous Tribes & First Nations Peoples.

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The Gwichʼin (Dinjii Zhuu) People are an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations People of Canada and an Alaska Indigenous People. They live in the northwestern part of North America, mostly, above the Arctic Circle.

The Gwichʼin People are well known for their crafting of snowshoes, birchbark canoes and the two-way sled. They are renowned for their intricate and ornate beadwork.

They also continue to make traditional caribou-skin clothing and porcupine quillwork embroidery, both of which, are highly regarded among The Gwichʼin People. Today, the economy is mostly a mix of hunting, fishing and seasonal wage-paying employment.

"We are one of the most northerly Indigenous Peoples on the North American continent, living at the northwestern limits of the boreal forest. Only the Inuit live further north.

We are part of a larger family of Indigenous People known as Athapaskans, which include Peoples such as the:Slavey, Dogrib, Han and Tutchone Peoples, but, our language and way of life is distinct.

At the time of contact with Euro-Canadians, we lived in nine different bands with lands stretching from the interior of Alaska
through the Yukon and into the Mackenzie Valley. In the Northwest Territories, we now live primarily in the communities of Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic, Aklavik and Inuvik and we number about 3500 people.

More Info.: GwichinTribal.ca

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Chi Miigwetch!.. Many Blessings & Thanks..!

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