Tahltan people

E656985

The Tahltan people are an Indigenous First Nations group of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, with a distinct Athabaskan language, culture, and traditional territory in the Stikine River region.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Tahltan 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people
First Nations people
asserts Aboriginal title to traditional territory
contemporaryReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
country Canada
culturalRegion Plateau peoples of British Columbia
Subarctic
ethnicGroupOf British Columbia NERFINISHED
governedBy Indian Act (Canada) NERFINISHED
hasBandGovernment Iskut First Nation NERFINISHED
Tahltan First Nation NERFINISHED
hasCulturalRevitalizationEfforts land-based education programs
language revitalization programs
hasOrganization Iskut Band Council NERFINISHED
Tahltan Band Council NERFINISHED
Tahltan Central Government NERFINISHED
hasPopulationRegion Dease Lake area NERFINISHED
Iskut Indian Reserve No. 6 NERFINISHED
Telegraph Creek Indian Reserve No. 6 NERFINISHED
hasResourceIssues mining development in Tahltan territory
hasTribalCouncil Tahltan Central Government NERFINISHED
language Tahltan language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
Na-Dene languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn northwestern British Columbia
mainCommunity Dease Lake, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Iskut, British Columbia NERFINISHED
Telegraph Creek, British Columbia NERFINISHED
partOf Dene peoples NERFINISHED
province British Columbia
recognizedAs Status First Nations
recognizedBy Government of Canada NERFINISHED
relatedEthnicGroup Kaska Dena NERFINISHED
Tagish people NERFINISHED
Tlingit people NERFINISHED
religion Indigenous spirituality
traditionalEconomy fur trade
traditionalLanguageStatus endangered
traditionalRiver Stikine River NERFINISHED
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
traditionalTerritory Stikine River region NERFINISHED
northwestern British Columbia
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Tahltan language

Referenced by (4)

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

Northern British Columbia hasIndigenousPeoples Tahltan people
this entity surface form: Tahltan
Kaska hasNeighboringLanguages Tahltan people
this entity surface form: Tahltan
Dene peoples hasSubgroup Tahltan people