Yellowknives

Yellowknives
Tetsǫ́t'ınę
Yellowknife chief Akaitcho and his only son, by Robert Hood, 1821
Regions with significant populations
Northwest Territories, Canada
Languages
English, Wıı̀lıı̀deh Yatıı̀ and Tetsǫ́t’ıné Yatıé
Religion
Catholic & christianity
Related ethnic groups
Tłı̨chǫ, Dënesųłiné, Dene, Sahtu

The Yellowknives, Yellow Knives, Copper Indians, Red Knives or T'atsaot'ine (Wíílíídeh dialect: Tetsǫ́t'ınę) are indigenous peoples of Canada, one of the five main groups of the First Nations Dene who live in the Northwest Territories.[1] The name, which is also the source for the later community of Yellowknife, derives from the colour of the tools made from copper deposits.

  1. ^ "Weledeh Yellowknives Dene a history" (PDF). Yellowknives Dene First Nation Elders Advisory Council. 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-25.

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