People group profile · PG043493
The Tutchone of Canada
The Tutchone of Canada, numbering about 1,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Dan k'i, or Northern Tutchone, Athabaskan people of central Yukon's Pelly and Stewart river basins, organized into matrilineal Wolf and Crow moieties, whose traditional hunting culture was upended by the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Northern Tutchone.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 1,300
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Northern Tutchone (ttm)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC ?
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- Yukon territory: Carmacks, Mayo-Stewart, Selkirk-Pelly, White River, and Whitehorse areas
Where they live
Gospel status
The Tutchone are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Tutchone
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Northern Tutchone · Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family
20% speak Northern Tutchone
Gospel resources in Northern Tutchone
- Bible not available
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources not available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Tutchone
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
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