Hän

The Hän, Han or Hwëch'in / Han Hwech’in (meaning "People of the River, i.e. Yukon River", in English also Hankutchin) are a First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the United States; they are part of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional lands centered on a heavily forested area around the Upper Yukon River (Chu Kon'Dëk), Klondike River (Tr'on'Dëk), Bonanza Creek (Gàh Dëk) and Sixtymile River (Khel Dëk) and straddling what is now the Alaska-Yukon Territory border. In later times, the Han population became centered in Dawson City, Yukon and Eagle, Alaska.

Hän
Chief Isaac of the Han, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898
Total population
310
Regions with significant populations
Canada (Yukon)250
United States (Alaska)60
Languages
English, Hän
Religion
Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Gwich'in and other Alaskan Athabaskans
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