Chipewyan people

E887197

The Chipewyan people, also known as Dene Suline, are an Indigenous Dene group of northern Canada traditionally living in the subarctic regions of the Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chipewyan people canonical 6
Chipewyan 5
Chipewyan (Dene) people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language ⓘ
Dene people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dene Suline ⓘ
Denesuline ⓘ
Denésoliné ⓘ
linked to: Dene
country Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice drumming ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
seasonal migration ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional hunting ceremonies ⓘ
environment boreal forest ⓘ
tundra-forest transition zone ⓘ
governedBy band councils ⓘ
tribal councils ⓘ
historicalContact European fur traders ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
language Chipewyan language ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan
languageFamily Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene

Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
linguisticFamily Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples

Na-Dene peoples ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
partOf Dene peoples ⓘ
populationRegion Northern Alberta ⓘ
linked to: northern Alberta

Northern Manitoba ⓘ
Northern Saskatchewan ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
recognizedAs First Nations in Canada ⓘ
linked to: First Nations
relatedEthnicGroup Cree people ⓘ
linked to: Cree

Dogrib people ⓘ
Slavey people ⓘ
Yellowknives Dene ⓘ
linked to: Dene peoples
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
traditionalRegion Alberta ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Northwest Territories ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
treatyRelationship Numbered Treaties ⓘ
Treaty 10 ⓘ
Treaty 5 ⓘ
Treaty 8 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Dene Suline → spokenBy → Chipewyan people ⓘ
subject linked to: Dene Suline (Chipewyan)
Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Chipewyan people ⓘ
Matonabbee → ethnicGroup → Chipewyan ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
Matonabbee → tribalAffiliation → Chipewyan ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
Dënesųłiné → selfDesignationOf → Chipewyan people ⓘ
Slavey people → relatedEthnicGroup → Chipewyan people ⓘ
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta → namedAfter → Chipewyan people ⓘ
Fort Chipewyan, Alberta → ethnicGroup → Chipewyan (Dene) people ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
Western Canadian Subarctic → traditionalTerritoryOf → Chipewyan (Dënesųłiné) people ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
Dene Suline language → spokenBy → Chipewyan people ⓘ
Dené Suliné → hasEthnonym → Chipewyan ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
Dane-zaa → relatedEthnicGroup → Chipewyan ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people
First Nations in Alberta → hasEthnicGroup → Chipewyan ⓘ
linked to: Chipewyan people