# Speculation on the First Nation tribe Gray Beaver belongs to

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**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-on-the-first-nation-tribe-gray-beaver-belongs-to/979979 "2023-02-18T11:14:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Octagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/2acd7d/32.png) [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-on-the-first-nation-tribe-gray-beaver-belongs-to/979979/1 "2023-02-18T11:14:41Z")

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I’m curious to know whether Gray Beaver in Jack London’s White Fang might be a member of the Han tribe ( Tr’ondëk Hwëch’ in First Nation) There is nothing I know of in the novel that indicates any specific tribe but he may have based his knowledge of Indians on the Yukon tribes during his time in Dawson city. I haven’t found any information on this.

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**Author:** ![fordgt100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fordgt100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fordgt100)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculation-on-the-first-nation-tribe-gray-beaver-belongs-to/979979/2 "2023-02-28T05:12:17Z")

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I’m not tribal, but know a lot of people who are, and my health care provider in New Mexico was First Nation. They told me that it was sort of a generic term since tribal people were the first people to North America. Whether this meant the term in general or them specifically I don’t know. I suspect the former. By the way, it was the best health care I ever had in my life. Almost worth moving back to Albuquerque. Almost.