People | Dene |
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Country | Denendeh |
Indigenous peoples in Canada |
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The Dene people (/ˈdɛneɪ/) are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people".[1] The term "Dene" has two uses:
Geographical conditions in Denendeh have created the groups of people who make up the Dene Nation ─ Denesoline (Chipewyan), Tlicho (Dogrib), Deh Gah Got'ine (Slavey) K'ashot'ine (Hareskin) and Dinjii Zhuh (Gwich'in, once called Loucheux).
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