Ingalik

North Americahunter-gatherers
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The Ingalik and affiliated Holikachuk are Northern Athapaskan-speakers of the lower-middle Yukon and upper Kuskokwim river basins of west-central Alaska. Traditionally, they lived in seasonal villages and relied on fishing, supplemented by hunting and trapping of caribou, moose, bear, and a variety of smaller fur-bearing animals. With the intrusion of a modern commercial economy since the 1940s, paid employment, including fire-fighting and in fish canneries, has become an important source of income. Intermarriage with the Inuit and other neighboring groups is increasingly common.

Identifier
Region
  • North America
Subregion
  • Arctic and Subarctic
Subsistence Type
  • hunter-gatherers
Samples
Countries
  • United States
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