Carrier

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Carrier are an Indigenous First Nations people of central interior British Columbia, Canada, with their own distinct Dakelh language and cultural traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dakelh people
First Nations people
Indigenous people of Canada
ethnic group
colonialHistory experienced residential school system impacts
subject to Canadian Indian Act policies
country Canada
culturalRegion Subarctic
engagedIn land rights and title negotiations
language revitalization efforts
hasAlternativeName Carrier people NERFINISHED
Dakelh people NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice use of canoes on interior lakes and rivers
hasCulturalTradition clan-based social organization
oral storytelling traditions
potlatch ceremonies
seasonal round of hunting, fishing, and gathering
use of pit houses in winter (historically)
hasLanguageStatus endangered language
hasNameInOwnLanguage Dakelh NERFINISHED
hasOrganization Carrier Chilcotin Tribal Council NERFINISHED
Carrier Sekani Tribal Council NERFINISHED
Dakelh-speaking First Nations bands
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet orthographies for Dakelh
language Dakelh language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
Northern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn British Columbia
central interior British Columbia
neighboringGroup Gitxsan NERFINISHED
Sekani NERFINISHED
Shuswap (Secwepemc) NERFINISHED
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) NERFINISHED
Wet’suwet’en NERFINISHED
partOf Athabaskan peoples NERFINISHED
recognizedAs First Nation in British Columbia
regionCapitalNearby Prince George, British Columbia NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spiritual beliefs
traditionalSubsistence gathering plant foods
hunting
salmon fishing
trapping
traditionalTerritory Bulkley River region NERFINISHED
Chilcotin Plateau margins
Fraser River basin NERFINISHED
Nechako River basin NERFINISHED
Stuart Lake region NERFINISHED

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