Kaska Dena

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The Kaska Dena are an Athabaskan-speaking Indigenous people of the subarctic interior of northern British Columbia, Yukon, and southeastern Alaska, whose traditional territory includes the upper Stikine River region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kaska Dena canonical 10
Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan-speaking people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
colonialHistory Impacted by Canadian fur trade expansion
Subject to Canadian Indian Act policies
continent North America
country Canada
culturalGroup Subarctic Indigenous peoples
culturalRevitalization Land-based education initiatives
Language revitalization programs
environment Boreal forest
Subarctic climate
ethnicGroup Dene
governingBodiesInclude Daylu Dena Council
linked to: Kaska Dena Council

Kwadacha Nation
Liard First Nation
Ross River Dena Council
historicalSubsistence Fishing
Gathering wild plants
Hunting
Trapping
language Kaska language
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages
provinceOrTerritory British Columbia
Yukon
region Northern British Columbia
Southeastern Yukon
linked to: southeastern Yukon

Subarctic interior
relatedEthnicGroup Dane-zaa
Denaʼina
Sekani
Tahltan
linked to: Tahltan Nation

Tutchone
religion Christianity
Traditional Dene spirituality
selfDesignation Dena
traditionalHousing Log cabins
Skin lodges
traditionalLifestyle Semi-nomadic
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Cassiar Mountains
Dease River region
Frances Lake region
Liard River basin
linked to: Liard River

Pelly River headwaters
Rocky Mountain Trench (northern section)
Upper Stikine River region
Watson Lake region
traditionalTransportation Canoes
Snowshoes

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dene peoples hasSubgroup Kaska Dena
Kaska hasEthnicGroup Kaska Dena
Kaska associatedPeople Kaska Dena
Hän Hwëch'in people relatedEthnicGroup Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in
linked to: Kaska Dena
Sekani people neighboringGroup Kaska Dena
Sekani relatedEthnicGroup Kaska Dena