Dene peoples

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The Dene peoples are a group of Indigenous First Nations in the subarctic regions of Canada, traditionally speaking Athabaskan languages and maintaining rich land-based cultural practices.

All labels observed (11)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations
Indigenous people
ethnic group
associatedWith Assembly of First Nations
Dene Nation
continent North America
country Canada
culturalPractice ceremonial dancing
drumming
land-based practices
oral tradition
seasonal migration
storytelling
culturalRegion North American Subarctic
linked to: Subarctic region
ethnographicRegion Subarctic
linked to: Subarctic region
hasSubgroup Chipewyan people
Dane-zaa
Denesuline
Dogrib people
linked to: Dene peoples

Gwichʼin people
linked to: Gwich’in

Kaska Dena
North Slavey people
linked to: Dene peoples

Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples

Sekani people
Slavey people
South Slavey people
linked to: Athabascan peoples

Tahltan people
Tsuutʼina Nation
Tłı̨chǫ people
linked to: Tłı̨chǫ

Wetsuwetʼen people
Yellowknives Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
historicalActivity fur trade
indigenousTo Northwest Territories
Nunavut
Yukon
northern Alberta
northern Manitoba
northern Saskatchewan
languageFamily Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene
partOf First Nations in Canada
linked to: First Nations
religion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spirituality
spiritualBelief land as living entity
respect for animals
traditionalHousing log cabin
tipi
traditionalLanguageFamily Athabaskan languages
linked to: Athabaskan
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
treatyRelationshipWith Government of Canada
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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Sugpiaq people relatedEthnicGroup Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Dene peoples
Rupert's Land indigenousInhabitants Dene peoples
Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik partOf Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Dene peoples
Northern Athabaskan languages areSpokenBy Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Dene peoples
Kutchin relatedGroup Dene peoples
Kutchin partOf Indigenous peoples of the Yukon
linked to: Dene peoples
Samuel Hearne associatedWith Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
Chipewyan spokenBy Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
Yellowknife namedAfter Yellowknives Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Great Bear Lake traditionalTerritoryOf Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Slavey partOf Dene peoples
Denesuline relatedEthnicGroup Yellowknives Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene Nation represents Dene peoples
Dene Nation associatedWith Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
Wrigley traditionalInhabitants Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
Pacific Coast Athabaskan hasAlternativeName Pacific Coast Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene Suline associatedPeople Dene people
subject linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
linked to: Dene peoples
Tsilhqot'in people partOf Dene peoples
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Dogrib people
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene peoples hasSubgroup North Slavey people
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Yellowknives Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Kaska language spokenBy Kaska Dena people
linked to: Dene peoples
Hare (Sahtu) language spokenBy Sahtu Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
Hare (Sahtu) language ethnicGroup Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Tłı̨chǫ language spokenBy Dogrib people
linked to: Dene peoples
Kaska spokenBy Kaska Dena people
linked to: Dene peoples
Tlicho language spokenBy Dogrib people
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene languages spokenBy Dene peoples
Athabaskan ethnicGroupAssociated Dene peoples
Dënesųłiné relatedEthnicGroup Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
North Slavey spokenBy Dene people
linked to: Dene peoples
North Slavey ethnicity Sahtu Dene
linked to: Dene peoples
Wetʼsuwetʼen partOf Dene peoples
Carrier (Dakelh) partOf Dene peoples