Tsiigehtchic

Also known as Charter Community of Tsiigehtchic, Arctic Red River

Tsiigehtchic ( ; "mouth of the iron river"), officially the Hamlet of Tsiigehtchic, is a Gwichʼin community located at the confluence of the Mackenzie and the Arctic Red Rivers, in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community was formerly known as Arctic Red River, until 1 April 1994. The Gwichya Gwich'in First Nation is located in Tsiigehtchic.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tsiigehtchic
Settlement.official_name: Hamlet of Tsiigehtchic
Settlement.native_name: Tsiigehtshik
Settlement.settlement_type: Hamlet
Settlement.image_skyline: TsiigehtchicChurchWaterAN.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: The Church in Tsiigehtchic with the Arctic Red River and Mackenzie River in the background
Settlement.pushpin_map: Canada Northwest Territories#Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Canada
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Northwest Territories
Settlement.subdivision_type2

Article

12 sections

Contents

History
Ancient history
Late modern period and the first European contact
Contemporary history
Demographics
Transportation
Steppe bison carcass
Services
See also
References
Further reading
External links

== History == thumb|left|Large letters spelling out "Tsiigehtchic," visible from the Dempster Highway === Ancient history === Archaeology and oral history indicate that the flats below Tsiigehtchic have been used for the past 1,400 years by the Gwichyaa Gwichʼin, for various activities which were both commercial and recreational. The Gwich’in name for the flats is Łèth T’urh Kak (“on the mud flats”).