THESE FOLKS LIVED IN DAWSON CITY AND ARE WITH THE HAN LINGUISTIC GROUPING. THIS IS A LINGUISTIC TERM RECENTLY REPLACED BY THE TRONDECK HWECH'IN. IT MEANS THE PEOPLE OF KLONDIKE RIVER. THEY MOVED TO THE MOOSEHIDE RESERVATION DOWN RIVER FROM DAWSON AT THE TIME OF THE GOLDRUSH. IN THE 1950'S THEIR POPULATION DECLINED AND THEY MOVED BACK TO DAWSOM WHERE THEY REMAIN TODAY. BY 1999 THEIR POPULATION WAS 620, AND 420 LIVED OFF THE RESERVATION IN OTHER TOWNS. BY 1998 THE FIRST NATION OWNWED ABOUT 1000SQUARE MILES MILES OF LAQND IN THEIR TERRITORY. THEY WILL BE GIVEN $21,000,000 COMPENSATION OVER 15 YEARS.
THE TRONDECK HWICH'IN WERE ONE OF YUKON'S MOST AFFECTED TRIBE BY WHITE GOLD MINERS AND SETTLERS. THEY ARE ACTIVELY RECLAIMING THEIR CULTURAL WAYS. DURING GOLD RUSH CHIEF ISAAC TOOK SONGS AND DANCES OF HIS PEOPLE TO THE VILLAGE OF MANSFIELD ALASKA. THE DAWSON FOLKS ARE COMITTED TO REGAINING THEIR SONGS AND DANCES IN THIS AREA.
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