Deg Xinag: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Deg Hit’an • Ingalik

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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.

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.

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kashim American Subarctic peoples Slave Cree Carrier Tahltan Innu Tanaina Beaver Chipewyan Mi’kmaq Gwich’in