Gwitchin

English

Noun

Gwitchin (countable and uncountable, plural Gwitchins)

  1. Alternative form of Gwich'in
    • 1999, Raymond J. Parker, “A Natural Resource”, in Nature Canada, volume 28-29, page 3:
      Oil interests threaten the Porcupine caribou herd -- the lifeblood of the Gwitchin people.
    • 2009, Dana Stabenow, Whisper to the Blood, →ISBN, page 162:
      It supported thirty souls in its peak years, most of them named Johansen for the Norwegian stampeder who settled there in 1906 with his Gwitchin bride.
    • 2012, Richard J. Smith, Negotiating Environment and Science, →ISBN, page 62:
      The hunting of caribou in the Porcupine herd is particularly important for the Gwitchin people, who live in settlements throughout the habitat of the caribou, including in the south of ANWR.

Proper noun

Gwitchin

  1. Alternative form of Gwich'in

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