Awokanak | |
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![]() Slavey girls, Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories | |
Total population | |
2,630 (2016 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Canada (Northwest Territories, Alberta) | |
Languages | |
North and South Slavey language | |
Religion | |
Animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Sahtu (North Slavey) |
The Slavey (also Awokanak, Slave, and South Slavey) are a First Nations group of Indigenous peoples in Canada. They speak the Slavey language, a part of the Athabaskan languages. Part of the Dene people, their homelands are in the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, northeastern British Columbia, and northwestern Alberta.
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