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 self-link
hasColonialCountry Canada
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCulturalPractice oral tradition
seasonal migration
storytelling
hasCulturalRegion Subarctic
hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik self-link
hasEthnonymLanguage Gwich’in language
hasEthnonymMeaning people of the land
hasEthnonymType self-designation
hasKeySpeciesRelationship Porcupine caribou herd
hasNotableCommunity Arctic Village region
surface form: 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
surface form: Mackenzie River basin

Porcupine River region
Yukon River
surface form: Yukon River watershed
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
locatedIn Alaska
Northwest Territories
Yukon
northwestern North America
partOf Dene peoples
surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Indigenous peoples of North America
speaksLanguage Gwich’in language
speaksLanguageFamily Northern Athabaskan languages
surface form: Athabaskan languages

Na-Dene
surface form: Na-Dene languages

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Gwich’in hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik hasEndonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik self-link
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik hasAutonym Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik self-link