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A '''Gwich'around (periodically rendered when Kutchin or even Gwitchin'''), literally "one who dwells", come the First Nations/Native American people who sleep in a northwestern section of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle. A Gwich'within were likewise known per French title of Loucheux or even Loucheaux inside historical documents, too when a Tukudh utilized by missionaries. Several Gwich'inside speak their indigenous Gwich'in language.

Caribou is traditionally a major component of their diet. Numerous Gwich'within population come depending on the Porcupine Caribou Herd which calves on the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Gwich'around population keep close at h& been super active within protesting and lobbying agains a possibility of oil-drilling in the ANWR.

There are more or less 7,000 Gwich'around around Fifteen little communities in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory of Canada, and around northern Alaska. Gwich'around communities include: Inuvik, Northwest Territories Aklavik, Northwest Territories Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories (formerly Arctic Red Flow of any stream) Old Crow, Yukon (Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation) Beaver, Alaska Circle, Alaska Fort Yukon, Alaska Chalkyitsik, Alaska Birch Creek, Alaska Arctic Village, Alaska Venetie, Alaska

Old Crow - Yukon
Official site of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

The Gwich'in of Alaska and Canada
The people of the caribou occupy the southern slopes of the Brooks Range, brief history, photo, map, traditional management practices, and international caribou agreement.

Arctic and Subarctic Tribes: Kutchin
Basic information about the tribe's traditional gender, sex, and societal roles.

Gwich'in Tribal Council
An aboriginal land claim organization representing the interests of approximately 2,700 Gwich'in people in the Mackenzie Delta of the Northwest Territories.