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  • Diniizhoo looking west

    Diniizhoo

    Diniizhoo, a Gwich’in gathering place

  • A cabin/cache at Kâachik in the summer of 2000

    Kâachik

    What was life like at Kâachik ?

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Diniizhoo Diniizhoo, a Gwich’in gathering place

Diniizhoo looking west

Diniizhoo is a high hill overlooking Van Tat (Crow Flats), the great low bowl of lakes, creeks and marshland surrounded by mountains and high country on all sides but the southeast, where no major hills intervene between it and Ch’oodeenjik (the Porcupine River). Also known as Tsii’in’ Ddhàa, Game Mountain in English, and Potato Hill on maps, Diniizhoo directly overlooks…

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  • Andrew Tizya 1. Andrew Tizya described Diniizhoo by Andrew Tizya
  • Charlie Peter Charlie 2. Charlie Peter Charlie described the 4 places Gwich’in gathered by Charlie Peter Charlie
  • Charlie Thomas 3. Charlie Thomas’ grandfather’s tthał and his own muskratting lake are near Diniizhoo by Charlie Thomas
  • 4. Clara Tizya remembered playing as a child and people immigrating to live with Van Tat Gwich’in by Clara Tizya
  • Hannah Netro 5. Hannah Netro shared what her father told her about Diniizhoo by Hannah Netro
  • John Joe Kyikavichik 6. John Joe Kyikavichik told about the games he played as a boy by John Joe Kyikavichik
  • Mary Kassi 7. Mary Kassi described some games she played as a girl by Mary Kassi
  • Mary Kassi 8. Mary Kassi related what her Elders told her about Diniizhoo by Mary Kassi
  • Diniizhoo looking west
  • Rock cairn on Diniizhoo
  • Elder Hannah Netro and Brenda Kay on Diniizhoo, August 2000
  • Diniizhoo (centre, across lake) looking west from Van Tat, July 2004.
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