Chipewyan
![]() A Chipewyan woman and child set out to hunt muskrat in Garson Lake, Saskatchewan. | |
Total population | |
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30,910 (2016 census)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Canada | |
Saskatchewan | 12,875 |
Northwest Territories | 7,820 |
Alberta | 6,350 |
Manitoba | 1,905 |
British Columbia | 1,225 |
Languages | |
English, Denesuline | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Animism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Dene, Yellowknives, Tłı̨chǫ, Slavey, Sahtu |
The Chipewyan (/ˌtʃɪpəˈwaɪən/ CHIP-ə-WY-ən, also called Denésoliné or Dënesųłı̨né or Dënë Sųłınë́, meaning "the original/real people")[2][3] are a Dene group of Indigenous Canadian people belonging to the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition.[4][5][6] They are part of the Northern Athabascan group of peoples, and hail from what is now Western Canada.
Terminology
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The term Chipewyan (ᒌᐯᐘᔮᐣ) is an exonym from the Cree language meaning 'pointed hides', referring to the design of their parkas.[7]
The French-speaking missionaries to the northwest of the Red River Colony referred to the Chipewyan people as Montagnais in their documents written in French.[8] Montagnais simply means 'mountain people' or 'highlanders' in French and has been applied to many unrelated nations across North America over time. For example, the Neenolino Innu of northern Quebec are also called Montagnais.
Ethnography
[edit]Historically, the Denesuline were allied to some degree with the southerly Cree, and warred against Inuit and other Dene peoples to the north of Chipewyan lands.
An important historic Denesuline is Thanadelthur ("Marten Jumping"), a young woman who early in the 18th century helped her people to establish peace with the Cree, and to get involved with the fur trade.[9]
The Sayisi Dene of northern Manitoba are a Chipewyan band notable for hunting migratory caribou. They were historically located at Little Duck Lake and known as the "Duck Lake Dene". In 1956, the government forcibly relocated them to the port of Churchill on the shore of Hudson Bay and a small village north of Churchill called North Knife River, joining other Dene and becoming members of "Fort Churchill Chipewyan Band". In the 1970s, the "Duck Lake Dene" opted for self-reliance, a return to caribou hunting, and relocated to Tadoule Lake, legally becoming "Sayisi Dene First Nation (Tadoule Lake, Manitoba)" in the 1990s.[10][11]
Culture
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The Chipewyan used to be largely nomadic, organized into small bands and temporarily lived in tepees. They wore one-piece pants and moccasin outfits. However, their nomadic lifestyle began to erode in 1717 when they encountered English entrepreneurs. The Chipewyan subsequently became important in the subarctic trade by exchanging furs and hides for metal tools, guns and cloth.[12]
Modern Chipewyan are either fluidly sedentary or semi-nomadic in lifestyle. Many still practice their traditional lifestyle for subsistence including fishing or caribou hunting although this process is modernized with the use of modern nets, tools, transportation and more.[12]
Language
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People | Dënë Sųłinë́ ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ |
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Language | Dënë Sųłinë́ Yatıé ᑌᓀ ᓱᒼᕄᓀ ᔭᕠᐁ |
Country | Dënë Sųłinë́ Nëné, ᑌᓀᓱᐠᒼᕄᓀ ᓀᓀ, Denendeh ᑌᓀᐣᑌᐧ |
Denesuline (Chipewyan) speak the Denesuline language, of the Athabaskan linguistic group. Denesuline is spoken by Indigenous peoples in Canada whose name for themselves is a cognate of the word dene ("people"): Denésoliné (or Dënesųłiné). Speakers of the language speak different dialects but understand each other. There is a 'k', t dialect that most people speak. For example, people in Fond du lac, Gąnı kuę́ speak the 'k' and say yaki ku while others who use the 't' say yati tu.
The name Chipewyan is, like many people of the Canadian Prairies, of Algonquian origin. It is derived from the Plains Cree name for them, Cīpwayān (ᒌᐘᔮᐣ), "pointed skin", from cīpwāw (ᒌᐚᐤ), "to be pointed"; and wayān (ᐘᔮᐣ), "skin" or "hide" - a reference to the cut and style of Chipewyan parkas.[13]
Most Chipewyan people now use Dene and Denesuline to describe themselves and their language. The Saskatchewan communities of Fond-du-Lac,[14] Black Lake[15] and Wollaston Lake[16] are a few.
Despite the superficial similarity of the names, the Chipewyan are not related to the Chippewa (Ojibwe) people.
In 2015, Shene Catholique-Valpy, a Chipewyan woman in the Northwest Territories, challenged the territorial government over its refusal to permit her to use the letter ⟨ʔ⟩ in her daughter's name, Sahaiʔa. The territory argued that territorial and federal identity documents were unable to accommodate the letter. Sahaiʔa's mother finally registered her name with a hyphen in place of the ⟨ʔ⟩, while continuing to challenge the policy. Shortly afterwards, another woman named Andrea Heron also challenged the territory on the same grounds, for refusing to accept the letter ⟨ʔ⟩ in her daughter's Slavey name, Sakaeʔah (actually a cognate of Sahaiʔa).[17]
Demographics
[edit]Chipewyan peoples live in the region spanning the western Canadian Shield to the Northwest Territories, including northern parts of the provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are also many burial and archaeological sites in Nunavut which are part of the Dënesųłı̨ne group.
The following list of First Nations band governments had in August 2016 a total registered membership of 25,519, with 11,315 in Saskatchewan, 6,952 in Alberta, 3,038 in Manitoba and 4,214 in the Northwest Territories. All had Denesuline populations; however, several had a combination of Cree and Denesuline members (see the Barren Lands First Nation in Manitoba and the Fort McMurray First Nation in Alberta).
There are also many Dene (Dënesųlı̨ne)-speaking Métis communities located throughout the region. The Saskatchewan village of La Loche, for example, had 2,300 residents who in the 2011 census identified as speaking Dene (Denesuline) as their native language.[18] About 1,800 of the residents were Métis and about 600 were members of the Clearwater River Dene Nation.[19]
Commemorations
[edit]The relocation of the Sayisi Dene is commemorated by the Dene Memorial in Churchill, Manitoba.[20]
Historical Chipewyan regional groups
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The Chipewyan moved in small groups or bands, consisting of several extended families, alternating between winter and summer camps. The groups participated in hunting, trapping, fishing and gathering in Canada's boreal forest and around the many lakes of their territory. Later, with the emerging North American fur trade, they organized into several major regional groups in the vicinity of the European trading posts to control, as middleman, the carrying trade in furs and the hunting of fur-bearing animals. The new social groupings also enabled the Chipewyan to dominate their Dene neighbours and to better defend themselves against their rifle-armed Cree enemies, who were advancing to the Peace River and Lake Athabasca.
- Kaí-theli-ke-hot!ínne (K'aı́tëlı́ hót'ı̨ne) ('willow flat-country up they-dwell') lived on the western shore of Lake Athabasca at Fort Chipewyan. Their tribal area extended northward to Fort Smith on the Slave River and south to Fort McMurray on the Athabasca River[21]
- Kés-ye-hot!ínne (K'ësyëhót'ı̨ne) ('aspen house they-dwell' or 'poplar house they-dwell') lived on the upper reaches of the Churchill River, along the Lac Île-à-la-Crosse, Methye Portage, Cold Lake, Heart Lake and Onion Lake. The tribal name is probably a description of adjacent Chipewyan groups for this major regional group and takes literally reference to the Lac Ile à la Crosse established European trading forts which were built with Poplar or Aspen wood.
- Hoteladi Hótthę̈nádé dëne ('northern people') lived north of the Kés-ye-hot!ínne between Cree Lake, west of Reindeer Lake on the south and on the east shore of Lake Athabasca in the north.
- Hâthél-hot!inne (Hátthëlót'ı̨ne) ('lowland they-dwell') lived in the Reindeer Lake (ɂëtthën tué) region which drains south into the Churchill River.
- Etthen eldili dene (Etthén heldélį Dené, Ethen-eldeli - 'Caribou-Eaters') lived in the taiga east of Lake Athabasca far east to Hudson Bay, at Reindeer Lake, Hatchet Lake, Wollaston Lake and Lac Brochet
- Kkrest'ayle kke ottine ('dwellers among the quaking aspens' or 'trembling aspen people') lived in the boreal forests between Great Slave Lake in the south and Great Bear Lake in the north.
- Sayisi Dene (Saı́yısı́ dëne) (or Saw-eessaw-dinneh - 'people of the east') traded at Fort Chipewyan. Their hunting and tribal areas extended between Lake Athabasca and Great Slave Lake, and along the Churchill River.
- Gáne-kúnan-hot!ínne (Gąnı̨ kuę hót'ı̨ne) ('jack-pine home they-dwell') lived in the taiga east of Lake Athabasca and were particularly centred along the eastern Fond-du-Lac area.
- Des-nèdhè-kkè-nadè (Dësnëdhé k'e náradé dëne) (Desnedekenade, Desnedhé hoį́é nadé hot'įnę́ - 'people along the great river') were also known as Athabasca Chipewyan. They lived between Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca along the Slave River near Fort Resolution (Denı́nu Kų́ę́[22] — 'moose Island').
- Thilanottine (Tthı́lą́ne hót'ı̨ne) (Tu tthílá hot'įnę́ — 'those who dwell at the head of the lakes' or 'people of the end of the head') lived along the lakes of the Upper Churchill River area, along the Churchill River and Athabasca River, from Great Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca in the north to Cold Lake and Lac La Biche in the southwest.[23]
- Tandzán-hot!ínne (Tálzą́hót'ı̨ne) ('dwellers at the dirty lake', also known as Dení-nu-eke-tówe - 'moose island up lake-on') lived on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake and along the Yellowknife River, and before their expulsion by the Tłı̨chǫ along the Coppermine River. They were often regarded as a Chipewyan group, but form as "Yellowknives" historically an independent First Nation and called themselves T'atsaot'ine (T'átsąnót'ı̨ne).
Governance
[edit]The Dënesųłı̨ne people are part of many band governments spanning Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories.
Alberta
[edit]Tribal council | First Nations | Headquarters | Reserves | Area | Population | Notes and references |
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Athabasca Tribal Council | Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (K'ai Taile Dené) |
Fort Chipewyan (K'aı́tël koę) |
Chipewyan 201 Chipewyan 201A Chipewyan 201B Chipewyan 201C Chipewyan 201D Chipewyan 201E Chipewyan 201F Chipewyan 201G |
34,767.7 ha 134.239 sq mi |
1,533 | Tribal council, name and HQ,[24] reserves and area,[25] population (February 2025)[26] |
Athabasca Tribal Council | Fort McKay First Nation | Fort McKay | Fort McKay 174 Fort McKay 174C Fort McKay 174D Namur Lake 174B Namur River 174A |
14,886 ha 57.48 sq mi |
1,042 | Tribal council, name and HQ,[27] reserves and area,[28] population (February 2025)[29] |
Athabasca Tribal Council | Chipewyan Prairie First Nation (Tł'ógh tëlı́ dënesųłı̨ne) |
Chard | Cowper Lake 194A Janvier 194 Winefred Lake 194B |
3,079.7 ha 11.891 sq mi |
1,018 | Tribal council, name and HQ,[30] reserves and area,[31] population (February 2025)[32] |
Athabasca Tribal Council | Fort McMurray First Nation (Tthı̨dłı̨ kuę́) |
Fort McMurray | Clearwater 175 Gregoire Lake 176 Gregoire Lake 176A Gregoire Lake 176B |
3,231.7 ha 12.478 sq mi |
1,153 | Tribal council, name and HQ,[33] reserves and area,[34] population (February 2025)[35] |
Athabasca Tribal Council | Mikisew Cree First Nation (ᒥᑭᓯᐤ} |
Fort Chipewyan (K'aı́tël koę) |
Allison Bay 219 Charles Lake 225 Collin Lake 223 Cornwall Lake 224 Devil's Gate 220 Dog Head 218 Old Fort 217 Peace Point 222 Sandy Point 221 |
5,116.1 ha 19.753 sq mi |
3,281 | Despite the name, the population of this band is mixed with a "little over fifty percent" having Chipewyan ancestry in 2020 according to a former chief, whose own mother was Dene.[36] Name and HQ,[37] reserves and area,[38] population (February 2025)[39] |
Tribal Chiefs Ventures Incorporated | Cold Lake First Nations (Łué chógh tué) |
Cold Lake | Cold Lake 149 Cold Lake 149A Cold Lake 149B Cold Lake 149C Blue Quills |
20,853.4 ha 80.515 sq mi |
3,347 | Tribal council, name and HQ,[40] reserves and area,[41] population (February 2025)[42] |
Akaitcho Territory Government (Ɂákéchógh nęnę) |
Smith's Landing First Nation (Tthëbátthı́ dënesųłı̨ne) |
Fort Smith (Tthebacha)[22] |
Ɂejëre Kʼelnı Kuę́ 196I Hokédhe Kué 196E Kʼı Kué 196D Łı̨ Dezé 196C Tthebacha Náre 196A Tthebatthıe 196 Tsʼu Kʼadhe Kué 196F Tsʼu Nedhé 196H Tsʼu Kué 196G Tthejëre Ghaı̨lı̨ 196B |
20,853.4 ha 80.515 sq mi |
3,347 | Headquarters are in the Northwest Territories but all reserves are in Alberta. Tthebacha meaning "beside the rapids" is the traditional Dene name for Fort Smith.[22] Tribal council, name and HQ,[43] reserves and area,[44] population (February 2025)[45] |
Manitoba
[edit]Northwest Territories
[edit]Tribal council | First Nations | Headquarters | Reserves / community | Area | Population | Notes and references |
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Akaitcho Territory Government (Ɂákéchógh nęnę) |
Deninu Kųę́ First Nation (Deneh-noo-kweh) |
Fort Resolution (Denı́nu Kų́ę́)[22] |
Fort Resolution Settlement | 0 | 1,096 | Formerly known as Fort Resolution Dene. Denı́nu Kų́ę́ translates as "moose island place"[22] and Deneh-noo-kweh as "People of moose island"' Tribal council, name and HQ,[55] reserves and area,[56] population (February 2025)[57] |
Akaitcho Territory Government (Ɂákéchógh nęnę) |
Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation | Łutselk'e (Łútsę̀lk'é)[22] |
Snowdrift Settlement | 0 | 868 | Formerly known as the Snowdrift Band. Łútsę̀lk'é translates as "place of the łútsę̀l", a type of small fish known as a cisco (Coregonus artedi).[22] Tribal council, name and HQ,[58] reserves and area,[59] population (February 2025)[60] |
Akaitcho Territory Government (Ɂákéchógh nęnę) |
Salt River First Nation#195 | Fort Smith (Tthebacha)[22] |
Fitzgerald No. 196 Fort Smith Settlement Salt Plains 195 Salt River No. 195 |
44,113 ha 170.32 sq mi |
1,066 | Tthebatthıe 196, formerly Fitzgerald No. 196, is located in Alberta. Tribal council, name and HQ,[61] reserves and area,[62] population (February 2025)[63] |
Akaitcho Territory Government (Ɂákéchógh nęnę) |
Yellowknives Dene First Nation | Yellowknife (Sǫ̀mbak'è) [22] |
Dettah Settlement Ndilo Settlement Yellowknife Settlement |
0 | 1,720 | Sǫ̀mbak'è translates as "money place".[22] Tribal council, name and HQ,[64] reserves and area,[65] population (February 2025)[66] |
Saskatchewan
[edit]Notable Chipewyan
[edit]- Matonabbee (Matąnebı́)
- Matooskie
- Thanadelthur (Thánadëltth'ér)
- Louis Riel, who was a grandson of a Chipewyan
- Jimmy Herman, actor from Cold Lake First Nation
- Alex Janvier, artist from Cold Lake First Nation
References
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- ^ First Nation details for the Fort McKay First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
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- ^ Registered population of the Fort McKay First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
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- ^ Registered population of the Chipewyan Prairie First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
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- ^ First Nation details for the Cold Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Cold Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Cold Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Smith's Landing First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Smith's Landing First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Smith's Landing First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Barren Lands First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Barren Lands First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Barren Lands First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Northlands Denesuline First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Northlands Denesuline First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Northlands Denesuline First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Sayisi Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Sayisi Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Sayisi Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Deninu Kue First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Deninu Kue First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Deninu Kue First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Lutsel K'e Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Salt River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Salt River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Salt River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Yellowknives Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Yellowknives Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Yellowknives Dene First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Buffalo River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Buffalo River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Buffalo River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Clearwater River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Clearwater River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Clearwater River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the English River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the English River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the English River First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Birch Narrows First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Birch Narrows First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Birch Narrows First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Black Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Black Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Black Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Hatchet Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Hatchet Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Hatchet Lake First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ First Nation details for the Fond du Lac First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Reserves, settlements or villages of the Fond du Lac First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Registered population of the Fond du Lac First Nations at Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Footprints on the Land: Tracing the Path of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Fort Chipewyan, Alta: Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, 2003. ISBN 0-9733293-0-0
- Birket-Smith, Kaj. Contributions to Chipewyan Ethnology. Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 1930.
- Bone, Robert M., Earl N. Shannon, and Stewart Raby. The Chipewyan of the Stony Rapids Region; A Study of Their Changing World with Special Attention Focused Upon Caribou. Mawdsley memoir, 1. Saskatoon: Institute for Northern Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 1973. ISBN 0-88880-003-7
- Bussidor, Ila, Usten Bilgen-Reinart. "Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene." University of Manitoba Press, 16 March 2000. (Memoir of a Dene Woman's experiences in Churchill, Manitoba.)
- Clayton-Gouthro, Cecile M. Patterns in Transition: Moccasin Production and Ornamentation of the Janvier Band Chipewyan. Mercury series. Hull, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1994. ISBN 0-660-14023-3
- Cook, Eung-Do. 2006. The Patterns of Consonantal Acquisition and Change in Chipewyan (Dene Suline). International Journal of American Linguistics. 72, no. 2: 236.
- Dramer, Kim, and Frank W. Porter. The Chipewyan. New York: Chelsea House, 1996. ISBN 1-55546-139-5
- Elford, Leon W., and Marjorie Elford. English-Chipewyan Dictionary. Prince Albert, Sask: Northern Canada Evangelical Mission, 1981.
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