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The Holikachuk call themsleves ''Doogh Hit’an'' ( IPA : ). The name ''Holikachuk'' is derived from the name (in the Holikachuk language) of a village in native Holikachuk territory.

The Holikachuk have been neglected by anthropologists, resulting in little documentation (both published and unpublished). In the past they have erroneously (or out of convenience) been grouped with the Koyukon .

The peoples neighboring the Holikachuk are in the north the Yupik (Eskimo) and Koyukon , in the east the Koyukon, in the south the Kolchan , and in the west the Deg Hit'an .

Holikachuk culture is most similar to the Deg Hit'an.


LANGUAGE


The Holikachuk language is the most Endangered Language in Alaska today with only 12 remaining speakers. Its closest relative is Koyukon. Holikachuk is a northern member of the Athabaskan family.


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BIBLIOGRAPHY


  • Snow, Jeanne H. (1981). Ingalik. In ''Subarctic'' (pp. 602-617). Handbook of North American Indians (W. C. Sturtevant, General Ed.) (Vol. 6). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.