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Mountain Dene

  

 

Ethnie: MOUNTAIN DENE (NAHANNI)
Dialect: Dogrib
Language: Hare-Chipewyan
Family: Athapaskan
Stock: Nuclear Na-Dene
Phylum: Na-Dene
Macro-Culture: Sub-Arctic
Speakers A As many as 70% of tribe    
      The Mountain Dene or Nahanni were a poor hunter tribe of the sub-arctic. They were located south and east of Great Bear Lake along the Nahanni River. They often experienced wars, epidemics, and famine.
Aboriginal Location
AB among Chipewyan or NT
Present Locations
NT Nahanni Butte Dene Band, Laird River at South Nahanni River
Year History
1789 Mackenzie was told about tribe
1821 2 families visited Fort Simpson
1822 Began trading at Forts Norman and Good Hope
1830 War reported in Mountain territories
1831 Starvation reported
1835 War again reported
1837 32 or more died of starvation
1843 75 died of starvation, war against Francis Lake Indians
1851 Many died of starvation
1860 Oblate priest began annual visit to Fort Norman
1865 Measles epidemic
1885 Permanent Catholic mission at Fort Norman
1886 War in Mountain territories
1892 Chief, family died of starvation
1920 Oil discovery at Norman Wells
1994 Sahtu Dene and Metis Land Claim Settlement Act
Year  NT Population   Source
1700 600   NAHDB calculation
1800 600   NAHDB calculation
1858 433   Ross estimate
1900 200   NAHDB calculation
1914 202   Ducot
2000 100   NAHDB calculation
2005 87   Indian Life Online
Other speakers of the same language:
Chipewyan, Deline, Dogrib, Slavey, Yellowknike
Mountain Dene Tribe Sites:
Aboriginal History of Northern Canada  http://www.usask.ca/education/ideas/tplan/sslp/aborhist.htm
Affection/Aggression  http://www.peacemagazine.org/archive/v10n5p12.htm
Chipewyan/Dene Language  http://www.native-languages.org/chipewyin.htm
Chipewyan Language  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipewyan_language
Chipewyan Language  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=chp
Chipewyan Language  http://www.languagegeek.com/dene/denesulhine/denesulhine.html
Chipewyan Language Plaque  http://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/tribute/chipwyan-e.html
Chipewyan Linguistic Lineage  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=chp
De Cho History  http://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/parks/highway_routes/deh_cho_travel_connection_history.htm
Dene  http://www.ftlcomm.com/ensign/ensign2/humanAdaptations/skEnthnicity/dene.html
Dogrib Language  http://www.nwt.literacy.ca/aborig/land/page16.htm
Dogrib Language  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A5%C3%AEch%C3%B4_languag
Dogrib Language  http://www.native-languages.org/dogrib.htm
Dogrib Language  http://www.scipeeps.com/Sci-Official_Languages_D_-_G/Dogrib.html
Dogrib Language  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dgr
Dogrib Linguistic Lineage  http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=dgr
Drum Lake Lodge  http://www.explorenwt.com/adventures/cultural-experiences/operatorDetail.asp?ID=80&Type=Traditional%20Foods
First Arctic Land Expedition ...  http://www.carc.org/pubs/v14no2/1.htm
Grissley Bear Conservation in the Grater Nahanni  http://www.wcs.org/international/northamerica/WCSCanada/nahannibears
Mountain Dene Trail to the Mountains  http://pwnhc.learnnet.nt.ca/research/Places/denetrail.html
Nahanni Butte Community Profile  http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/VisitorInfo/NWTMapandHistory/NahanniButte.html
Nahanni Butte Dene Band  http://www.nahannibutte.com/deneband.html
Nahanni Butte Dene Band  http://ilm.gospelcom.net/reserves/nwt/pro_nt37.php
Nahanni Butte Settlement  http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/abdt/apps/connectivitysurvey.nsf/vAllCRSummaryEn/2613
Nahanni History  http://www.wildernessadventures.ca/DescriptionNahanniHistory.html
Nahanni National Park Reserve  http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/nahanni.html
People of the Deh Cho  http://www.artcanadacarvings.com/people_of_the_deh_cho.htm
Setups and Setbacks  http://www.histori.ca/historica/ezines/article.do?ID=10855&section=HeritagePress
Traditional Tribes of Great Slave  http://www.greatcanadianlakes.com/northwest/slave/cul_page2.htm
Treaty No. 11  http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/documents/1921_treaty_eleven.htm
Visit Norman Wells  http://www.normanwells.com/visit/proud_history.html

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