Tahltan people

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The Tahltan people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct Athabaskan language, culture, and traditional territory in the Stikine River region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tahltan people canonical 5
Tahltan 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
asserts Aboriginal title to traditional territory ⓘ
contemporaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalRegion Plateau peoples of British Columbia ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf British Columbia ⓘ
governedBy Indian Act (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Indian Act
hasBandGovernment Iskut First Nation ⓘ
Tahltan First Nation ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan Nation
hasCulturalRevitalizationEfforts land-based education programs ⓘ
language revitalization programs ⓘ
hasOrganization Iskut Band Council ⓘ
Tahltan Band Council ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan Nation

Tahltan Central Government ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan Nation
hasPopulationRegion Dease Lake area ⓘ
Iskut Indian Reserve No. 6 ⓘ
Telegraph Creek Indian Reserve No. 6 ⓘ
hasResourceIssues mining development in Tahltan territory ⓘ
hasTribalCouncil Tahltan Central Government ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan Nation
language Tahltan language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Na-Dene languages ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
locatedIn northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
mainCommunity Dease Lake, British Columbia ⓘ
Iskut, British Columbia ⓘ
Telegraph Creek, British Columbia ⓘ
linked to: Telegraph Creek
partOf Dene peoples ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
recognizedAs Status First Nations ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of Canada ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kaska Dena ⓘ
Tagish people ⓘ
Tlingit people ⓘ
religion Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fur trade ⓘ
traditionalLanguageStatus endangered ⓘ
traditionalRiver Stikine River ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Stikine River region ⓘ
linked to: Stikine Region

northwestern British Columbia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Tahltan language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Tahltan people ⓘ
Northern British Columbia → hasIndigenousPeoples → Tahltan ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan people
Kaska → hasNeighboringLanguages → Tahltan ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan people
Tahltan River → namedAfter → Tahltan people ⓘ
Sekani people → neighboringGroup → Tahltan people ⓘ