Denesuline

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Denesuline are a First Nations people of the larger Dene cultural and linguistic group, traditionally inhabiting subarctic regions of northern Canada.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Denesuline canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dene people
First Nations people
Indigenous people of Canada
alsoKnownAs Chipewyan
Dene Sųłiné
Dené Suliné
autonym Dene Suline
Dënesųłiné
country Canada
culturalRegion Subarctic Indigenous peoples
ethnologueCode chp
governingBody Athabasca Denesuline Nations
Prince Albert Grand Council
language Dene Suline language
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene
linguisticGroup Northern Athabaskan
notableCommunity Black Lake Denesuline First Nation
Fond-du-Lac Denesuline First Nation
Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation
Northlands Denesuline First Nation
Sayisi Dene First Nation
partOf First Nations in Manitoba
First Nations in Saskatchewan
primaryProvince Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
primaryTerritory Northwest Territories
Nunavut
recognizedBy Government of Canada
relatedEthnicGroup Dane-zaa
Dogrib
linked to: Dene

Slavey
Tłı̨chǫ
Yellowknives Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
religion Christianity
Traditional Dene spirituality
subgroupOf Dene
traditionalRegion Boreal forest
Northern Canada
Subarctic
traditionalSubsistence Caribou hunting
Fishing
Gathering wild plants
Trapping
treatyAffiliation Treaty 10
Treaty 5
Treaty 8
writingSystem Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dene hasSubgroup Denesuline
Chipewyan alternateName Denesuline
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Denesuline