Deg Hitüan () (also Deg Xitüan, Deg Hitan, Degexitüan, Kaiyuhkhotana, ) is a group of Athabaskan peoples in Alaska. Their native language is called Deg Xinag. They reside in Alaska along the Anvik River in Anvik, along the Innoko River in Shageluk, and at Holy Cross along the lower Yukon River.
The Deg Hitüan are members of the federally recognized Alaska Native tribes of Anvik Village, Shageluk Native Village, and Holy Cross Village. The Iditarod Trail's antecedents were the native trails of the Dena'ina and Deg Hitüan Athabaskan Indians and the Inupiaq Eskimos.
Their neighbors are other Athabaskan-speaking and Yupik Eskimo peoples: Yup'ik (west and south), Holikachuk (north), Upper Kuskokwim (north and east), and Dena'ina (south).
The autonyms used by this group of Athabaskan people are: Deg Xitüan (local people) and Deg Xinag (local language). Sometimes the Deg Xitüan or Deg Hitüan is used for the language in English. There is no contrast between /ÃÂ/ and /h/ in the verb prefixes of Deg Xinag, and acoustic evidence indicates that the normative pronunciation in that context is [ÃÂ] rather than [h].
The most common older name is Ingalik (from Yup'ik Ingqiliq ëtraditionally Athabaskan; now also any other Indianû, literally ëhaving louse's eggsû < ingqiq ënit, louse nit, egg of louseû + a postbase -liq ëone who is V; one who Vs; one having V; one similar to Nû) and its derivatives are offensive to the Deg Hitüan. In the old literature, the name Anvik-Shageluk Ingalik (also Kuskokwim Ingalik and Yukon Ingalik) is used for Deg Hitüan, and the name McGrath Ingalik is used for Upper Kuskokwim people.