Gwichyaa Gwich’in
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Yukon Flats, Alaska, USA | |
| Languages | |
| Gwich’in, English | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Gwich’in |
Gwichyaa Gwich’in (alternate spelling: Gwich'yaa Gwich’in; also Kutchakutchin, translation: "those who dwell on the Flats") are a Gwich’in people who live in the Yukon Flats area of Alaska, USA. This includes the Fort Yukon (originally "Gwicyaa Zhee"; translation: "house on the Flats") area on both banks of the Yukon River from Birch Creek to Porcupine River;, the Senati 65°15′58″N 151°10′59″W / 65.266°N 151.183°W area of the middle Yukon River, the namesake of Sahneuti, Gwichʼin chief and fur trader; and Venetie.
The Gwichyaa Gwich’in have been known by many other names, including: Eert-kai-lee (1892), Fort Indians, Ik-kil-lin (1892), Itohali (11th Census, Alaska, 1893), It-kagh-lie, It-ka-lyariiin (1877), I't-ka-lyi, Itkpe'lit (1876), Itkpeleit, Itku'dlln, Koo-cha-koo-chin (1866), Kot-a-Kutchin (1874), Kotch-a-Kutchins (1869), Kouehca Kouttohin (1891), KutchaaKuttchin (1865), Kutcha-kutchl (1851), Kutch a Kutchin (1862), Kutchia-Kuttehin (1876), Kutsha-Kutahi (1854), Lowland people (1869), Na-Kotchpo-tsohig-Kouttchin (1891), O-til'-tin (1887), Toukon Louchioux Indians, Yukon Flats Kutchin (1936).
The Gwichyaa Gwich’in are the easternmost of the Gwich’in groups. In addition to the Kutchakutchin, there were four other main Kutchin groups in the upper Yukon-Porcupine regions: the Han (Hän Hwëch'in) (erroneously as Hankutchin grouped as an Kutchin group, upper Yukon), the Natsikutchin (Chandalar River drainage), the Tranjikutchin (Black River), and the Ventakutchin (Crow River area). Two bands of the main tribe are extinct, the Tatsakutchin of Rampart, Alaska and Tennuthkutchin of Birch Creek.
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