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Deg Hit’an (also Deg Xit’an, Deg Hitan, Degexit’an, Kaiyuhkhotana) is a group of Northern Athabascan peoples in Alaska. Northern Athabaskan is a geographic sub-grouping of the Athabaskan language family spoken in the northern part of North America, particularly in Alaska Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent Their native language is called Deg Xinag. The Deg Xinag language is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Deg Hit’an peoples in Shageluk and Anvik and at Holy Cross They reside in Alaska along the Anvik River in Anvik, along the Innoko River in Shageluk, and at Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River. Anvik River is a 140-mile-long (225 km River in the US state of Alaska. Anvik is a city home to the Deg Hit'an people in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The Innoko River is a River in western Alaska. It flows north from its origin south of Cloudy Mountain in the Kuskoswim Mountains and then flows southwest Shageluk is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. The older name Ingalik and its derivatives are offensive to the Deg Hit’an.

The Deg Hit’an are members of the federally recognized Alaska Native tribes of Anvik Village, Shageluk Native Village, and Holy Cross Village. Alaska Natives are Indigenous peoples of the Americas native to the state of Alaska within the United States. Anvik is a city home to the Deg Hit'an people in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Shageluk is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Holy Cross is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States.


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