Carrier

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Carrier are an Indigenous First Nations people of central interior British Columbia, Canada, with their own distinct Dakelh language and cultural traditions.

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Carrier canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dakelh people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people of Canada ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
colonialHistory experienced residential school system impacts ⓘ
subject to Canadian Indian Act policies ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Subarctic ⓘ
engagedIn land rights and title negotiations ⓘ
language revitalization efforts ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Carrier people ⓘ
Dakelh people ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice use of canoes on interior lakes and rivers ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition clan-based social organization ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
seasonal round of hunting, fishing, and gathering ⓘ
use of pit houses in winter (historically) ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus endangered language ⓘ
hasNameInOwnLanguage Dakelh ⓘ
hasOrganization Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council ⓘ
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council ⓘ
Dakelh-speaking First Nations bands ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet orthographies for Dakelh ⓘ
language Dakelh language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
central interior British Columbia ⓘ
neighboringGroup Gitxsan ⓘ
Sekani ⓘ
Shuswap (Secwepemc) ⓘ
linked to: Shuswap

Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) ⓘ
Wet’suwet’en ⓘ
partOf Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples
recognizedAs First Nation in British Columbia ⓘ
regionCapitalNearby Prince George, British Columbia ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spiritual beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence gathering plant foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Bulkley River region ⓘ
Chilcotin Plateau margins ⓘ
Fraser River basin ⓘ
Nechako River basin ⓘ
linked to: Nechako River

Stuart Lake region ⓘ

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