Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik

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Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik is the Gwich’in people’s own name for their Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous nation of northwestern North America.

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Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Gwich’in
Kutchin
hasAutonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
hasColonialCountry Canada
United States
hasCulturalPractice oral tradition
seasonal migration
storytelling
hasCulturalRegion Subarctic
hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
hasEthnonymLanguage Gwich’in language
hasEthnonymMeaning people of the land
hasEthnonymType self-designation
hasKeySpeciesRelationship Porcupine caribou herd
hasNotableCommunity Arctic Village
Fort McPherson
Fort Yukon
Old Crow
Tsiigehtchic
Venetie
hasPoliticalOrganization band governments
tribal councils
hasPrimarySubsistence caribou hunting
fishing
gathering wild plants
trapping
hasReligion Christianity
traditional Gwich’in spirituality
hasRightsIssue environmental protection of caribou habitat
hunting rights
land rights
hasTraditionalTerritory Arctic Village region
Mackenzie River basin
Porcupine River region
Yukon River watershed
linked to: Yukon River
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
locatedIn Alaska
Northwest Territories
Yukon
northwestern North America
partOf Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Dene peoples

Indigenous peoples of North America
speaksLanguage Gwich’in language
speaksLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene

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Gwich’in hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik hasAutonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik