Dene

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Athabaskan-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people

The Dene are a group of First Nations peoples of the subarctic regions of Canada, known for their Athabaskan languages, deep land-based traditions, and long-standing presence across the northern interior.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Dene canonical 26
Dogrib 3
Dakelh (Carrier) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory Impacted by fur trade ⓘ
Impacted by residential schools ⓘ
Subject to Canadian treaty process ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
hasConcept Interconnectedness of people and environment ⓘ
Respect for animals ⓘ
Strong spiritual relationship with the land ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice Caribou hunting rituals ⓘ
Drumming ⓘ
Oral tradition ⓘ
Seasonal ceremonies ⓘ
Storytelling ⓘ
Traditional singing ⓘ
hasOrganization Dene Nation ⓘ
hasSubgroup Chipewyan ⓘ
Denesuline ⓘ
Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dogrib

Gwich’in ⓘ
surface form: Gwichʼin

Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sahtu Dene

Slavey ⓘ
Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ
Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yellowknives Dene
inhabitsRegion Alberta ⓘ
surface form: Northern Alberta

Northern Manitoba ⓘ
Saskatchewan ⓘ
surface form: Northern Saskatchewan

Northwest Territories ⓘ
Northern Canada ⓘ
surface form: Subarctic Canada

Yukon ⓘ
languageFamily Northern Athabaskan languages ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan languages
meaningOfName The People ⓘ
partOf Gwich’in ⓘ
surface form: Athabaskan peoples

First Nations ⓘ
surface form: First Nations in Canada
politicalRepresentation Dene Nation ⓘ
religion Animism ⓘ
Shamanism ⓘ
selfIdentification Dene self-link ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle Fishing ⓘ
Hunting ⓘ
Land-based subsistence ⓘ
Seasonal migration ⓘ
Trapping ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Boreal forest ⓘ
Canadian Shield interior ⓘ
Mackenzie River ⓘ
surface form: Mackenzie River basin
uses Canoes ⓘ
Dog sleds ⓘ
Snowshoes ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Hudson Bay region → indigenousPeoples → Dene ⓘ
Alberta → hasIndigenousPeoples → Dene ⓘ
Northwest Territories → officialLanguage → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Slavey
Northwest Territories → ethnicGroup → Dene ⓘ
Dene → hasSubgroup → Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogrib
Dene → hasSubgroup → Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene
Dene → hasSubgroup → Dene self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yellowknives Dene
Dene → selfIdentification → Dene self-link ⓘ
Indigenous languages of Canada → includesLanguage → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dakelh (Carrier)
Tłı̨chǫ → partOf → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene language area
Tłı̨chǫ → alternativeName → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogrib
Koyukon → languageFamily → Dene ⓘ
Chipewyan → ethnicGroup → Dene ⓘ
Chipewyan → associatedWith → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dene culture
South Slavey → ethnicGroup → Dene ⓘ
Indigenous peoples of the Subarctic → notableGroup → Dene ⓘ
Slavey → selfDesignation → Dene ⓘ
Denesuline → subgroupOf → Dene ⓘ
Denesuline → relatedEthnicGroup → Dene ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dogrib
Dene Nation → ethnicGroupRepresented → Dene ⓘ
Northern Manitoba → hasIndigenousPeople → Dene ⓘ
Fort Providence → traditionalInhabitants → Dene ⓘ
Fort Providence → isTraditionalSettlementOf → Dene ⓘ
Fort Good Hope → hasIndigenousGroup → Dene ⓘ
Mackenzie River Basin → hasIndigenousGroup → Dene ⓘ
Mackenzie Valley → indigenousInhabitants → Dene ⓘ
First Nations University of Canada → teachesLanguage → Dene ⓘ
northern Alberta → hasIndigenousPeoples → Dene ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Alberta
Coppermine expedition → associatedWithPeople → Dene ⓘ
Arctic interior of North America → inhabitedBy → Dene ⓘ
Matonabbee → ethnicGroup → Dene ⓘ
Churchill, Hudson Bay → hasIndigenousPresence → Dene ⓘ
Dënesųłiné → subgroupOf → Dene ⓘ
Arctic Athabaskan Council → peopleRepresented → Dene ⓘ
Dehcho First Nations → ethnicGroupRepresented → Dene ⓘ