Koyukon
The Koyukon, Dinaa, or Denaa (Denaakk'e: Tl’eeyegge Hut’aane) are an Alaska Native Athabascan people of the Athabascan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional territory is along the Koyukuk and Yukon rivers where they subsisted for thousands of years by hunting and trapping. Many Koyukon live in a similar manner today.
Poldine Carlo, Koyukon author, 2007 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| United States (Alaska) | 2,300 |
| Languages | |
| English, Koyukon, Russian (historically) | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Deg Hit'an, Holikachuk, Gwich'in, other Northern Athabaskan peoples | |
The Koyukon language belongs to a large family called Na-Dené or Athabascan, traditionally spoken by numerous groups of native people throughout northwestern North America. In addition, due to ancient migrations of related peoples, other Na-Dené languages, such as Navajo and Apachean varieties, are spoken in the American Southwest and in Mexico.
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