Dene peoples

E289039

First Nations Indigenous people ethnic group

The Dene peoples are a group of Indigenous First Nations in the subarctic regions of Canada, traditionally speaking Athabaskan languages and maintaining rich land-based cultural practices.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Dene peoples canonical	15
Dene people	6
Sahtu Dene	5
Athabaskan peoples	3
Dogrib people	3
Yellowknives Dene	3
Kaska Dena people	2
Indigenous peoples of the Yukon	1
North Slavey people	1
Pacific Coast Dene	1
Sahtu Dene people	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	First Nations ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith	Assembly of First Nations ⓘ Dene Nation ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalPractice	ceremonial dancing ⓘ drumming ⓘ land-based practices ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ seasonal migration ⓘ storytelling ⓘ
culturalRegion	Subarctic region ⓘ surface form: North American Subarctic
ethnographicRegion	Subarctic region ⓘ surface form: Subarctic
hasSubgroup	Chipewyan people ⓘ Dane-zaa ⓘ Denesuline ⓘ Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dogrib people Gwich’in ⓘ surface form: Gwichʼin people Kaska Dena ⓘ Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Slavey people Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sahtu Dene Sekani people ⓘ Slavey people ⓘ Athabascan peoples ⓘ surface form: South Slavey people Tahltan people ⓘ Tsuutʼina Nation ⓘ Tłı̨chǫ ⓘ surface form: Tłı̨chǫ people Wetʼsuwetʼen people ⓘ surface form: Wetsuwetʼen people Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Yellowknives Dene
historicalActivity	fur trade ⓘ
indigenousTo	Northwest Territories ⓘ Nunavut ⓘ Yukon ⓘ northern Alberta ⓘ northern Manitoba ⓘ northern Saskatchewan ⓘ
languageFamily	Na-Dene ⓘ surface form: Na-Dene languages
partOf	First Nations ⓘ surface form: First Nations in Canada
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Indigenous spirituality ⓘ
spiritualBelief	land as living entity ⓘ respect for animals ⓘ
traditionalHousing	log cabin ⓘ tipi ⓘ
traditionalLanguageFamily	Athabaskan ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan languages
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ trapping ⓘ
treatyRelationshipWith	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Canadian Aboriginal syllabics → primaryUserGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

Sugpiaq people → relatedEthnicGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Rupert's Land → indigenousInhabitants → Dene peoples ⓘ

Dinjii Zhu’ Ginjik → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Northern Athabaskan languages → areSpokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Northern Athabaskan languages → areSpokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

Kutchin → relatedGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

Kutchin → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Yukon

Samuel Hearne → associatedWith → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene people

Chipewyan → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene people

Nahanni National Park Reserve → associatedWithIndigenousPeoples → Dene peoples ⓘ

Yellowknife → namedAfter → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowknives Dene

Great Bear Lake → traditionalTerritoryOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene

Slavey → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

Denesuline → relatedEthnicGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowknives Dene

Dene Nation → represents → Dene peoples ⓘ

Dene Nation → associatedWith → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene people

Wrigley → traditionalInhabitants → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene people

Pacific Coast Athabaskan → hasAlternativeName → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pacific Coast Dene

Dene Suline (Chipewyan) → associatedPeople → Dene peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Dene Suline

this entity surface form: Dene people

Tsilhqot'in people → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dogrib people

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Slavey people

Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Dene peoples self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yellowknives Dene

Subarctic region → hasIndigenousInhabitants → Dene peoples ⓘ

Subarctic region → traditionalTerritoryOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

Kaska language → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaska Dena people

Hare (Sahtu) language → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene people

Hare (Sahtu) language → ethnicGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene

Northwestern North America → traditionalTerritoryOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

Government of the Northwest Territories as an official Indigenous language → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

subject surface form: Tłı̨chǫ language

this entity surface form: Dogrib people

Kaska → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaska Dena people

Tlicho language → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dogrib people

Dene languages → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

Athabaskan → ethnicGroupAssociated → Dene peoples ⓘ

Dënesųłiné → relatedEthnicGroup → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene

North Slavey → spokenBy → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dene people

North Slavey → ethnicity → Dene peoples ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sahtu Dene

Wetʼsuwetʼen → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ

Carrier (Dakelh) → partOf → Dene peoples ⓘ