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v. t. e. The Dene people (/ ˈdɛneɪ /) are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". [1] The term "Dene" has two uses: Most commonly, "Dene" is used narrowly to refer to the ...
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As part of the largest linguistic group in North America, a number of peoples in Canada identify as Dene. Some of these include: 1. Denesoline(also known as Chipewyan) 2. Tlicho(Dogrib) 3. Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich’in, Kutchin or Loucheux) 4. South Slavey(Dehcho, Deh Cho and Deh Gah Got’ine) 5. North Slavey (Sahtú), including K’ashot’ine (K’asho Got’ine o...
The Dene have historically inhabited central and northwestern Canada in an area known as Denendeh, meaning “the Creator’s Spirit flows through this Land” or “Land of the People.” This region includes the Mackenzie River Valley and the Barren Grounds in the Northwest Territories.
Dene men hunted caribou — the mainstay of their economy — as well as other game, such as rabbit, deer and moose, in areas around Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lakeand along the Mackenzie River. Fishing supplemented their diet, especially among Dene peoples who lived close to the coast. Women would often be responsible for cooking meals, gathering fo...
The Dene lived and travelled together with immediate and extended family members. These family clans were self-sufficient, providing one another with food, shelter and education. During the spring and summer months, Dene family groups often came together to discuss land use and trade, and resolve any intertribal disputes. They also performed cultur...
Dene oral traditions are records of history, known as þqtú hoghena nüsí hotßü honü, as well as spiritual legends, called üæqhzé. Every Dene nation has its own creation story about how the Earth came to be, and how the Dene people and language were created. All of these tales often feature a Creator who forms the waters and lands of Denendeh. They a...
The Dene language is known as Dene or Na-Dené (also called Athabascan). There are about 28 Athabascan languages spoken in northern Canada, although there are many more spoken in Alaska and in the American southwest. The language is made up of three distinct groups: Pacific Coast Athabascan, Apachean and Northern Athabascan. In the 2016 census, 13,0...
The Dene encountered European traders, explorers and missionaries as early as the 1700s. By the 1900s, the discovery of oil and gold in northern Canada further encouraged white settlement and commercial development in Dene lands. From 1871 to 1921, the Government of Canada signed a series of treaties with various Indigenous peoples as a means of ga...
As a means of protecting and asserting their rights to traditional territories (specifically to the lands of Treaties 8 and 11), self-government and the natural resources on their lands, some Dene nations joined to form the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories in 1969-70 (renamed the Dene Nationin 1978). In 1973, Fort Smith Chief Françoi...
Dene First Nations across Canada have been actively engaged in programs concerning Indigenous health, education, community development, and land and resource issues. As a community, they have reached some important milestones. For example, in 1990, Dene languages become official languages of the Northwest Territories. On 1 September 2016, the Délįn...
The Dene people, also known as the Dene Nation, are an Indigenous group with a rich and vibrant cultural heritage deeply rooted in the northern regions of North America. This article delves into the history, traditions, language, and contemporary issues faced by the Dene people, shining a light on their resilience and contributions to Indigenous rights.
Nov 3, 2015 · While most people envision life in northern Canada as being cold, dark and dull, for people of the Dene group of North American First Nations this is far from the truth. “Dene,” which is the Athabaskan term simply for “people,” includes the First Nation bands of Chipewyan, Tlicho, Slavey, Sathu and Yellowknives, whom the capital of the Canadian Northwest Territories are named after.
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Denesuline (Chipewyan) speak the Denesuline language, of the Athabaskan linguistic group. Denesuline is spoken by Aboriginal people in Canada whose name for themselves is a cognate of the word dene ("people"): Denésoliné (or Dënesųłiné). Speakers of the language speak different dialects but understand each other.
Jun 6, 2019 · The researchers believe the first two groups met and mingled, as human groups do. "Dene peoples, quite clearly, don't represent a separate migration in from northeast Asia," said Friesen.
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May 21, 2024 · Dene self-determination is part of a global decolonization movement, says Glen Coulthard. In his Jackman Humanities Institute lecture, Yellowknives Dene Nation activist and scholar Greg Coulthard ...
