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- proper noun A people of the
Arctic region ofCanada andAlaska . - proper noun The
Athabaskan language of this people.
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Examples
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Our call to protect all of God's creation extends to communities such as the Gwich'in that would suffer the most from this Senate decision.
Eco-Justice 2009
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In March 2005, Luci Beach, Executive Director of the steering committee for the Native Alaskan and Canadian Gwich'in tribe said "drilling in the ANWR is a human rights issue and it's a basic aboriginal human rights issue .... 60-70% of our diet comes from the land and caribou is one of the primary animals that we depend on for sustenance."
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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Sarah James and other Gwich'in and Inupiat activists at an Arctic Refuge rally in DC.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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If a Gwich'in youth takes action against the destruction of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the oilers -- will we put her in prison?
Subhankar Banerjee: Who Is Tim DeChristopher? From Coal Belt, Through Mountain Trails, on Route to a Prison Cell Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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Sarah James and other Gwich'in and Inupiat activists at an Arctic Refuge rally in DC.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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First, what we want: permanent protection of the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge, the most biologically diverse area in the entire circumpolar North that also supports two indigenous communities, Gwich'in and Inupiat.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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In March 2005, Luci Beach, Executive Director of the steering committee for the Native Alaskan and Canadian Gwich'in tribe said "drilling in the ANWR is a human rights issue and it's a basic aboriginal human rights issue .... 60-70% of our diet comes from the land and caribou is one of the primary animals that we depend on for sustenance."
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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If a Gwich'in youth takes action against the destruction of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the oilers -- will we put her in prison?
Subhankar Banerjee: Who Is Tim DeChristopher? From Coal Belt, Through Mountain Trails, on Route to a Prison Cell Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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In March 2005, Luci Beach, Executive Director of the steering committee for the Native Alaskan and Canadian Gwich'in tribe said "drilling in the ANWR is a human rights issue and it's a basic aboriginal human rights issue .... 60-70% of our diet comes from the land and caribou is one of the primary animals that we depend on for sustenance."
Bianca Jagger: Now Is the Time to Move Beyond Petroleum Bianca Jagger 2010
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First, what we want: permanent protection of the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge, the most biologically diverse area in the entire circumpolar North that also supports two indigenous communities, Gwich'in and Inupiat.
Subhankar Banerjee: Earth Activism: What We Don't Want Subhankar Banerjee 2011
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