5-573: The Acho Dene Koe First Nation is a Dene band government based in Fort Liard , Northwest Territories , Canada. Its main community is the Hamlet of Fort Liard. Acho Dene Koe First Nation has an existing treaty land claim settlement with the Governments of Canada, Northwest Territories, Yukon and British Columbia . It is a signatory government to Treaty 11 and is a member government of
10-524: Is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term "Dene" has two uses: Dene are spread through a wide region. They live in the Mackenzie Valley (south of the Inuvialuit ), and can be found west of Nunavut . Their homeland reaches to western Yukon , and the northern part of British Columbia , Alberta , Saskatchewan , Manitoba , Alaska and the southwestern United States. Dene were
15-648: The Dehcho First Nations Tribal Council . Registered population is 648, 116 of whom live off-reserve. As of May 2017, Gene Hope was elected as Chief. This First Nations in Canada –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dene The Dene people ( / ˈ d ɛ n eɪ / ) 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
20-534: The above-named groups are what the term "Dene" usually refers to in modern usage, other groups who consider themselves Dene include: In 2005, elders from the Dene People decided to join the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) seeking recognition for their ancestral cultural and land rights. The largest population of Chipewyan language (Dënesųłinë́ or Dëne) speakers live in
25-599: The first people to settle in what is now the Northwest Territories . In northern Canada, historically there were ethnic feuds between the Dene and the Inuit . In 1996, Dene and Inuit representatives participated in a healing ceremony at Bloody Falls to reconcile the centuries-old grievances. Behchokǫ̀ , Northwest Territories is the largest Dene community in Canada. The Dene include six main groups: Although
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