American Subarctic peoples: Quick Facts

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Map of northern North America showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples in the subarctic region, with labeled areas for groups such as Deg Xinag, Gwich'in, Tanaina, Slave, Dogrib, Chipewyan, Cree, Ojibwa, Innu, and others. Solid and dashed lines indicate cultural and drainage divisions across Alaska, Canada, and parts of the northern United States.

Taiga (boreal forest), with white spruce, birch, and low shrubs, near the Fortymile River, a tributary of the Yukon River, east-central Alaska, U.S.

Driver and dog team crossing the Great Slave Lake, N.W.T., Can.

Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories (Can.), was founded in 1935 on the north shore of the Great Slave Lake.

Illustration of a semi-subterranean Eskimo dwelling with a snow-covered roof, showing a cutaway view of the home's interior. Labeled features include a sloped entrance passage, doorway, entrance to the main room, a storage area above, and a smoke vent in the roof. Inside, two people are seated on the floor surrounded by household items, highlighting traditional sub-Arctic Aleut or Inuit architecture and living arrangements.

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Cree Carrier Deg Xinag Tahltan Innu Tanaina Beaver Chipewyan Mi’kmaq Gwich’in Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains Indigenous peoples of the American Southeast Northwest Coast Indian Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest Northeast Indian Plateau Indian Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin Indigenous peoples of California Inuit Aleut

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