Chipewyan people

Also known as Dënesųłı̨ne, Denésoliné, Denesųłiné

The Chipewyan ( , also called the Dënesųłı̨né ), are a Dene group of Indigenous Canadian people belonging to the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition. They are part of the Northern Athabascan group of peoples, and hail from what is now Western Canada.

Key facts

Ethnic group.image: Chipewyan-in-a-canoe.jpg
Ethnic group.population: 30,910 (2016 census)
Ethnic group.popplace: Canada
Ethnic group.region1: Saskatchewan
Ethnic group.pop1: 12,875
Ethnic group.region2: Northwest Territories
Ethnic group.pop2: 7,820
Ethnic group.region3: Alberta
Ethnic group.pop3: 6,350
Ethnic group.region4: Manitoba
Ethnic group.pop4: 1,905
Ethnic group.region5: British Columbia
Ethnic group.pop5: 1,225
Ethnic group.langs: English, Denesuline
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity, Animism
Ethnic group.related: Dene, Yellowknives, Tłı̨chǫ, Slavey, Sahtu
Ethnic group.image_caption: A Chipewyan woman and child set out to hunt muskrat in Garson Lake, Saskatchewan.
Ethnonym.people: Dënë Sųłinë́ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ

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Contents

Terminology
Ethnography
Culture
Language
Demographics
Commemorations
Historical Chipewyan regional groups
Governance
Alberta
Manitoba
Northwest Territories
Saskatchewan
Notable Chipewyan
References
Further reading
External links

== Terminology == thumb|left|Denesuline children by canoe in La Loche The name Dënesųłı̨né, also written Denésoliné or Dënë Sųłınë́, means "the original/real people". The term Chipewyan () is an exonym from the Cree language meaning 'pointed hides', referring to the design of their parkas.

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