Holikachuk
Holikachuk (also Innoko , Organized Village of Grayling , Innoka-khotana , Tlëgon-khotana ) are athapaskan natives from western Alaska . Their native territory includes the area around the middle and upper Innoko River . Later, in 1963, they moved to Grayling , Yukon .
The Holikachuk call themselves Doogh Hit'an ( IPA : [ toʁhət'an ]). The name Holikachuk is derived from the name (in the Holikachuk language) of a village in the original Holikachuk territory.
The Holikachuk have been neglected by anthropologists, resulting in little documentation (both published and unpublished). In the past they were mistakenly (or for convenience) grouped with the Koyukon .
The neighbors of the Holikachuk are the Yupik (Eskimo) and Koyukon in the north, the Koyukon in the east, the Kolchan in the south and the Deg Xinag in the west .
The Holikachuk culture is most similar to that of Deg Xinag.
language
The Holikachuk language is the most endangered language in present-day Alaska with only 12 speakers remaining. Your closest relative is Koyukon. Holikachuk is a northern member of the Athapaskan languages .
literature
- Jeanne H. Snow: Ingalik. In: William C. Sturtevant (Ed.): Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 6: June Helm (Ed.): Subarctic. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 1981, pp. 602-617.