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 (17)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

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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Referenced by (82)

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

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 ⓘ
Ndilǫ → people → Yellowknives Dene ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Ndilǫ → isPartOfTraditionalTerritoryOf → Yellowknives Dene ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Slavey people → relatedEthnicGroup → Dogrib people ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Slavey people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sahtu Dene ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene Zhatıé → spokenBy → South Slavey Dene people ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Dene Zhatıé → spokenBy → Dene people ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Treaty 8 → hasParty → Dene First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Treaty 10 → signatoryParty → Dene First Nations ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
Treaty 11 → signatory → Dene peoples ⓘ