History

The Gwichʼin (or Kutchin) are an Athabaskan-speaking First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native people. They live in the northwestern part of North America, mostly above the Arctic Circle.

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Traditions

Subsistence (Hunting, Fishing, Gathering) Lifestyle >>

Books relating to Gwich’in Culture >>

Plants as Food and Medicine

Gwich’in Ethnobotany by Alestine Andre and Alan Fehr

Yukon Flats Medicinal Plants book (compiled by Ginny Alexander) (coming soon)