Kâachik What was life like at Kâachik ?
Kâachik is a habitation and winter village site on the upper Porcupine River ( Ch’oodèenjik ). Upper Ch’oodèenjik is the traditional lands of the Dagoo Gwich’in, now dispersed and living primarily among the Vuntut and Teetl’it Gwich’in [of Old Crow and Fort McPherson respectively]. The high country of the upper Porcupine is the home to moose, fine fur-bearers, beaver, caribou on their…
- 1. Alfred Charlie describes Dagoo life at Kâachik by Alfred Charlie
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2. Andrew Tizya tells of hunting at Kâachik and a New Year’s celebration
by Andrew Tizya
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3. Charlie Peter Charlie and Dagoo at Kâachik
by Charlie Peter Charlie
- 4. Fanny Charlie’s story of a time when the Fort McPherson people came to Kâachik by Fanny [Tizya] Charlie
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5. John Joe Kyikavichik’s trip to the headwaters of Ch’oodèenjik in the 1930s
by John Joe Kyikavichik
- 6. Lazarus Charlie tells of travel to Kâachik as a boy by Lazarus Charlie
- 7. Mary Netro’s story of living at Kâachik as a child by Mary Netro
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