🌲 Yukon Dene (Northern Tutchone)

Yukon Dene People

Yukon Dene groups (Northern/Southern Tutchone, Gwich'in, Kaska) inhabit Canada's sub-Arctic boreal forest with -50°C winters, months of darkness, permafrost, and vast wilderness. They endure extreme cold, isolation, challenging travel, and rapid climate change affecting traditional hunting grounds. Traditional caribou/moose hunting, salmon fishing, birch bark canoes, snowshoe crafting, and survival in North America's coldest forests characterize their adaptation. Rapid warming threatens permafrost, wildlife patterns, and traditional knowledge systems.