Indigenous Knowledge of the Americas

The Extinction Register

Peoples and languages extinct, dormant, or going extinct — named one by one, every count carrying its source and year.

• AkuntsuEvery figure below is dated; the sequence is the entry.
• BeothukDocumented causes, at evidence level:
• Eyak — dAXunhyuugaʼ
• Haida — X̱aad Kíl / X̱aayda Kil *(Canadian choice)*
• Miami-Illinois / Myaamia — myaamia
• Mexican Gray Wolf — a recovery entryNot an extinction entry: extinct in the wild (US by c. 1970; Mexico by 1980) — returned (1998 / 2011). Seven founders; minimum 319 in the US at end-2025; the White Mountain Apache partnership, a knowledge page for the Tribe flagged OWED on the entry's face.
• The Original Peoples of Vancouver Island — who ended, and whose descendants standStatus: Researched draft — cultural review pending
• The Peoples Register: Who Is Gone, Who Is HereStatus: Researched draft — cultural review pending
• TaínoThe word "extinct" is applied to Taíno in textbooks. The evidence supports three different statements, and this register keeps them separate:
• Wukchumni (Tule–Kaweah Yokuts)
• Yaghan / Yámana
• Yahi (Yana) — Ishi