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Gwich'in

British  
/ ˈɡwɪtʃɪn /

noun

  1. a member of a North American Indian people from northwest Canada and northeast Alaska

  2. the languge of these people

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ch’eelil Peter, 17, who is Gwich’in and Diné and lives in Arctic Village south of ANWR, is a party to a lawsuit seeking to shut down the natural gas pipeline once and for all.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2024

In 1963, Mr. Young married a Native Alaskan bookkeeper, Lula Fredson, an Indigenous Gwich’in, who became his political adviser and office manager.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

The Gwich’in tribal groups in Alaska and Canada are happy about this.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2021

The Indigenous Gwich’in consider the coastal plain sacred and have expressed concern about impacts to a caribou herd on which they have relied for subsistence.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 3, 2021

The solar project is called Sree Vyah, or “sun snare” in Gwich’in.

From Washington Post

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