Sekani or Tse’khene are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in the Northern Interior of British Columbia . Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench . The neighbours of the Sekani are the Babine to the west, Dakelh to the south, Dunneza (Beaver) to the east, and Kaska and Tahltan , to the north, all Athabaskan peoples. In addition, due to the westward spread of the Plains Cree in recent centuries, their neighbours to the east now include Cree communities.
4-527: Tsay Keh Dene , meaning "people of the rocks" in the Sekani language, may mean: Sekani people of northern British Columbia, Canada Tsay Keh Dene First Nation , the band government of the Sekani people Sekani language Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tsay Keh Dene . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
8-561: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tsay_Keh_Dene&oldid=928761506 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Sekani Sekani people call their language [tsekʼene] or [tθekʼene] depending on dialect, which appended with Dene (meaning people), means "people on
12-580: The rocks". Sekani is an anglicization of this term. Other forms occasionally found, especially in older sources, are Secunnie , Siccanie , Sikani , and the French Sékanais . The traditional Sekani way of life was based on hunting and gathering. Although fish formed part of the diet, the Sekani relied more heavily on game, in contrast to their Carrier and Babine neighbors. Plant food consisted largely of berries, especially of blueberries. The Sekani traditionally cremated their deceased. After cremation
16-479: Was discontinued, the Sekani revived an old custom, probably never entirely abandoned, of covering the dead man with the brush hut that had sheltered him during his last days and then deserting the locality for a period. Persons of influence were buried in coffins raised on platforms or trees. They were said to have practiced polyandry before large scale conversion to Catholicism . Three bands identify as Sekani: Kwadacha, McLeod Lake, and Tsay-Keh Dene. In addition,
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