Kaska Dena

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The Kaska Dena are an Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous people of the subarctic interior of northern British Columbia, Yukon, and southeastern Alaska, whose traditional territory includes the upper Stikine River region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kaska Dena canonical 10
Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory Impacted by Canadian fur trade expansion ⓘ
Subject to Canadian Indian Act policies ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalGroup Subarctic Indigenous peoples ⓘ
culturalRevitalization Land-based education initiatives ⓘ
Language revitalization programs ⓘ
environment Boreal forest ⓘ
Subarctic climate ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dene ⓘ
governingBodiesInclude Daylu Dena Council ⓘ
linked to: Kaska Dena Council

Kwadacha Nation ⓘ
Liard First Nation ⓘ
Ross River Dena Council ⓘ
historicalSubsistence Fishing ⓘ
Gathering wild plants ⓘ
Hunting ⓘ
Trapping ⓘ
language Kaska language ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia ⓘ
Yukon ⓘ
region Northern British Columbia ⓘ
Southeastern Yukon ⓘ
linked to: southeastern Yukon

Subarctic interior ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Dane-zaa ⓘ
Denaʼina ⓘ
Sekani ⓘ
Tahltan ⓘ
linked to: Tahltan Nation

Tutchone ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Traditional Dene spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Dena ⓘ
traditionalHousing Log cabins ⓘ
Skin lodges ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle Semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cassiar Mountains ⓘ
Dease River region ⓘ
Frances Lake region ⓘ
Liard River basin ⓘ
linked to: Liard River

Pelly River headwaters ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Trench (northern section) ⓘ
Upper Stikine River region ⓘ
Watson Lake region ⓘ
traditionalTransportation Canoes ⓘ
Snowshoes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Kaska → hasEthnicGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Kaska → associatedPeople → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Hän Hwëch'in people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in ⓘ
linked to: Kaska Dena
Sekani people → neighboringGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Sekani → relatedEthnicGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ