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The caribou are the primary sustenance of the Gwichʼin, a First Nations/Alaska Native people, who traditionally built their communities to align with the caribou's migration patterns. They are also routinely hunted by other indigenous peoples, including the Inupiat , the Inuvialuit , the Hän and the Northern Tutchone .
Changes in caribou migration can be problematic for Alaska Natives, who depend on caribou for food. [16] Caribou in Alaska are abundant; currently there are an estimated 950,000 in the state. [16] The populations of caribou are controlled by predators and hunters (who shoot about 22,000 caribou a year). [16]
Alaska is home to the Rangifer tarandus granti subspecies of caribou. [49] Caribou in Alaska generally are found in tundra and mountain regions, where there are few trees. However, many herds spend the winter months in the boreal forest areas. [49] Caribou in Alaska are abundant; currently there are an estimated 950,000 in the state. [49]
Male Caribou with a beautiful head of antlers on the fall tundra above the Toklat River, Alaska Range. ©Jeff McGraw/Shutterstock.com Although reindeer are native to the arctic, they can live in ...
In one project lead research associate and fluent speaker Gwichʼin elder, Kenneth Frank, works with linguists which include young Gwichʼin speakers affiliated with the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, to document traditional knowledge of caribou anatomy.
Plus, find out why *some* caribou are called reindeer.
There are four migratory herds of barren-ground caribou, R. tarandus groenlandicus, in Alaska: the Western Arctic herd, the Teshekpuk Lake herd, the Central Arctic herd and the Porcupine caribou herd (named for a river that flows from Yukon into Alaska), the last of which is transnational as its migratory range extends far into Canada's north ...
Native to northern Quebec, the LRCH group of woodland caribou moves across the southwest regions of Nunavik. This herd used to have a population of over 600,000 animals, but it is currently down ...