Dakelh people

GPTKB entity

Statements (57)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Indigenous people
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Carrier_people
gptkbp:containsCommunity gptkb:Vanderhoof
gptkb:Fort_St._James
gptkb:Wet'suwet'en
gptkb:Lake_Babine
gptkb:Prince_George
gptkb:Burns_Lake
gptkb:Fraser_Lake
gptkb:Nak'azdli
gptkb:Tl'azt'en
Saik'uz
Stellako
gptkbp:culturalOrigin Subarctic
gptkbp:culturalPractice gptkb:storytelling
gptkb:oral_tradition
potlatch
seasonal migration
gptkbp:ethnonym 'Carrier' name from custom of widows carrying ashes of deceased husbands
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Carrier_Sekani_Tribal_Council
gptkb:Carrier_Chilcotin_Tribal_Council
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dakelh people
gptkbp:language gptkb:Dakelh_language
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Athabaskan_languages
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_Columbia
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Fraser_River
gptkb:Nechako_River
gptkb:Babine_Lake
gptkb:Stuart_River
gptkb:Fraser_Lake
gptkb:Stuart_Lake
gptkbp:notableFor potlatch ceremonies
use of dugout canoes
seasonal round subsistence
gptkbp:notablePerson Dakelh Elder Sophie Thomas
Mary John Sr.
gptkbp:population approximately 2,500 (speakers of Dakelh language)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Wet'suwet'en
gptkb:Babine
gptkb:Sekani
gptkb:Gitxsan
gptkb:Tsilhqot'in
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
Animism
gptkbp:selfDesignation gptkb:Dakelh
Dakelh-ne
Dakeł
gptkbp:traditionalEconomy gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
fishing
gptkbp:traditionalTerritory gptkb:Central_Interior_of_British_Columbia
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:British_Columbia_Treaty_Process
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Dakelh language is endangered
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dakelh_(Carrier)_language
gptkb:Ulkatcho_Indian_Reserves
gptkb:Carrier_First_Nations
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7