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

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Example Sentences

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

The Indigenous Gwich’in have fought for years against efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and she hopes to lay out their concerns with Peltola.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2022

“The Gwich’in are united against any development of the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge.”

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2022

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

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