5-640: The English River Dene Nation is a Dene First Nation band government in Patuanak , Saskatchewan , Canada. Their reserve is in the northern section of the province. Its territories are in the boreal forest of the Canadian Shield . This First Nation is a member of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) . Traditionally, English River First Nation are known in Chipewyan (Denesuline) as "People of
10-533: The Great River" ( Des Nëdhë́’iné ), referencing Churchill River along its banks their traditional territory is located. As of May 2012 the total membership of English River Dene First Nation was 1,451 with 774 members living on-reserve and 677 members living off-reserve. The English River Dene Nation based in Patuanak has territory at fifteen sites. Dene The Dene people ( / ˈ d ɛ n eɪ / ) are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit
15-519: 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
20-588: The northern boreal , subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it 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
25-674: The southwestern United States. Dene were 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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