Dene
The Dene are a group of Aboriginal peoples of North America, residing in the Northwest Territories, Canada.The Dene speak languages of the Athabaskan language group (a subset of the Na-Dene language family).
The Dene were the first peoples to settle in what is now the Northwest Territories after the retreat of the ice sheets.
The Dene include five main groups:
- Chipewyan (Denesuline), living east of Great Slave Lake;
- Tli Cho (Dogrib), living between Great Slave and Great Bear Lakes;
- Yellowknife (T'atsaot'ine), formerly living north of Great Slave Lake, and now absorbed into the Chipewyan;
- Slavey (Deh Gah Got'ine), living along the Mackenzie River (Deh Cho) southwest of Great Slave Lake;
- Sahtu (Sahtu' T'ine), including the Locheux, Nahanni, and Bear Lake peoples, in the southwestern NWT.
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