Old Crow has about 264 inhabitants (Yukon Bureau of Statisitics, Dec. 2004), most of them belonging to the Gwitchin-speaking aboriginal Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. It is situated on the Porcupine River in the north of Yukon Territory and is served by the Old Crow Airport, which is rather important because it is the only Yukon community that cannot be reached by car. The Gwichin are an Athabaskan people who live in the northern part of North America. ... Indigenous peoples are: Peoples living in an area prior to colonization by a state Peoples living in an area within a nation-state, prior to the formation of a nation-state, but who do not identify with the dominant nation. ... First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which... The Porcupine River is a river in Alaska and in the Yukon. ... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th)  - Land 474,391 km²  - Water 8,052 km² (1. ... Old Crow Airport is located in Old Crow, Yukon, Canada, and is operated by the Yukon government. ...

The people of Old Crow are dependent on the Porcupine caribou herd for food and clothing. The Porcupine caribou herd migrates to the coastal plain in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to give birth to their young. Most people in Old Crow believe the herd is seriously threatened by oil-drilling in the ANWR and have been lobbying hard to prevent it. Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ... Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers about 19,049,236 acres (79,318 km²) in northeastern Alaska, in the North Slope region. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... An oil well is a laymans term for any perforation through the Earths surface designed to find and release both petroleum oil and gas hydrocarbons. ...

A large number of apparently human modified animal bones have been discovered in the Old Crow area that have been dated to 25,000 - 40,000 years ago by carbon dating, several thousand years earlier than generally accepted human habitation of North America. Binomial name Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Subspecies Homo sapiens idaltu (extinct) Homo sapiens sapiens Human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. ... Radiocarbon dating is the use of the naturally occurring isotope of carbon-14 in radiometric dating to determine the age of organic materials, up to ca. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere, bounded on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west...

Climate

Old Crow has a dry and cold subarctic climate. Average annual temperature is -9°C. Old Crow experiences annual temperature average daily highs of 21°C in July and average daily lows of -36°C in January. Record high temperature was 33°C in August 1976 and the lowest was -59°C in January 1956. Old Crow has little precipitation with an average annual snowfall of 129cm and 144mm of rainfall. Snow can fall in any month except July. Nevertheless, despite being above the Arctic Circle, Old Crow is in the subarctic taiga. Regions having a subarctic climate (also called boreal climate) are characterized by very cold winters, and brief, warm summers. ... The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. ... Taiga (pronounced , from Russian тайга́) is a biome characterized by its coniferous forests. ...

Community profile

According to the Canada 2001 Census: The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...

External links

• Old Crow's official website
• Old Crow: Land of the Vuntut Gwitch'in
• Community profile
• Webpage about the Old Crow Airport on the Canadian Owners & Pilots Association Places to Fly Airport Directory