Slavey
E119285
Slavey refers to a group of Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Territories in Canada, known for their distinct dialects and traditional subarctic lifestyle.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slavey canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Athabaskan-speaking people
ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ |
| associatedWithLake | Great Slave Lake ⓘ |
| associatedWithRiver | Mackenzie River ⓘ |
| colonialLanguageContact |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Subarctic Indigenous cultures ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOf | Canada ⓘ |
| governedBy |
band councils
ⓘ
tribal councils ⓘ |
| hasDialects | multiple distinct dialects ⓘ |
| hasExonymOrigin | term given by neighboring peoples and Europeans ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
North Slavey
ⓘ
surface form:
North Slavey language
South Slavey ⓘ
surface form:
South Slavey language
|
| hasSubgroup |
North Slavey
ⓘ
South Slavey ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| historicalActivity | fur trade participation ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Athabaskan
ⓘ
surface form:
Athabaskan languages
|
| languageStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northwest Territories
ⓘ
Subarctic region ⓘ |
| neighboringPeoples |
Chipewyan
ⓘ
Cree ⓘ Inuit ⓘ Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ |
| partOf | Dene peoples ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Aboriginal peoples under the Constitution Act, 1982
ⓘ
surface form:
First Nations under Canadian law
|
| region | Western Canadian Subarctic ⓘ |
| religiousTraditions |
animism
ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Dene ⓘ |
| traditionalClothing |
caribou-skin garments
ⓘ
moose-hide garments ⓘ |
| traditionalEconomy |
fishing
ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ hunting ⓘ trapping ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
log cabins
ⓘ
tipis ⓘ |
| traditionalLifestyle | subarctic hunter-gatherer ⓘ |
| traditionalTerritory |
Dehcho Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Dehcho region
Mackenzie Valley ⓘ
surface form:
Great Slave Lake region
Mackenzie River Basin ⓘ
surface form:
Mackenzie River basin
|
| uses |
birchbark canoes
ⓘ
snowshoes ⓘ toboggans ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.