Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik

E70173

Athabaskan-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people Native American people

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

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 →
hasWritingSystem	Latin script →
locatedIn	Alaska → Northwest Territories → Yukon → northwestern North America →
partOf	Athabaskan peoples → Indigenous peoples of North America →
speaksLanguage	Gwich’in language →
speaksLanguageFamily	Athabaskan languages → Na-Dene languages →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → Gwich’in →	hasEndonym
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik →	hasAutonym