Kaska Dena

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Athabaskan-speaking people First Nations people Indigenous people

The Kaska Dena are an Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous people of the subarctic interior of northern British Columbia, Yukon, and southeastern Alaska, whose traditional territory includes the upper Stikine River region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kaska Dena canonical 5
Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people ⓘ
First Nations people ⓘ
Indigenous people ⓘ
colonialHistory Impacted by Canadian fur trade expansion ⓘ
Subject to Canadian Indian Act policies ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalGroup Subarctic Indigenous peoples ⓘ
culturalRevitalization Land-based education initiatives ⓘ
Language revitalization programs ⓘ
environment Boreal forest ⓘ
Subarctic climate ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dene NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBodiesInclude Daylu Dena Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kwadacha Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liard First Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ross River Dena Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSubsistence Fishing ⓘ
Gathering wild plants ⓘ
Hunting ⓘ
Trapping ⓘ
language Kaska language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Athabaskan languages ⓘ
Northern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Northern British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeastern Yukon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Subarctic interior ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Dane-zaa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denaʼina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sekani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tahltan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tutchone NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Traditional Dene spirituality ⓘ
selfDesignation Dena NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalHousing Log cabins ⓘ
Skin lodges ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle Semi-nomadic ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cassiar Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dease River region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frances Lake region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liard River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pelly River headwaters ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Trench (northern section) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Stikine River region ⓘ
Watson Lake region NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTransportation Canoes ⓘ
Snowshoes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Stikine River → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Pelly River → hasNearbyIndigenousGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Dene peoples → hasSubgroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Kaska → hasEthnicGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Kaska → associatedPeople → Kaska Dena ⓘ
Hän Hwëch'in people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kaska Dena ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in