Gwich'in
Britishnoun
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a member of a North American Indian people from northwest Canada and northeast Alaska
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the languge of these people
Example Sentences
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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, an Indigenous nation spread throughout 15 villages in northeast Alaska as well as Canada’s northern Yukon and Northwest Territories, helped lead the drive targeting Wall Street institutions such as JPMorgan Chase and BlackRock.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2021
But the Gwich’in have long responded to multiple threats to their life and land by reinvesting in their people’s place as protectors of their historic home.
From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2020
The solar project is called Sree Vyah, or “sun snare” in Gwich’in.
From Washington Post
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