Chipewyan
Americannoun
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Chipewyans,
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Chipewyan
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a member of a First Nations tribe that inhabits northwestern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains.
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the Athabascan language spoken by the Chipewyan.
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“This decision should close the chapter on the suggestion of an independence referendum,” said Allan Adam, the Chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, one of the main plaintiffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
In June, a fire got close to the subarctic, mostly indigenous hamlet of Fort Chipewyan, in northern Alberta.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Gahcho Kué, which means “place of the big rabbits” in the Dënësu¸łinë language of the region’s native Dené or Chipewyan people, is an expansive open pit mine ringed by sky-blue lakes.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 3, 2020
“They shouldn’t have picked me,” Mr. Adam said in a phone interview from his home in Fort Chipewyan on remote Lake Athabasca.
From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020
Some went to Montreal; and they were the first persons who had every gone from that place to Chipewyan, and returned in the same season.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin
Chipewyans believed the cry was an omen of death.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hearne charges the Chipewyans with the dreadful practice of abandoning, in extremity, their aged and sick people.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
It has had, undoubtedly, the same common origin with the Chipewyans, for their languages differ only in accent, and their mode of life is essentially the same.
From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 by John Franklin
The three Caribou-eater Chipewyans from the south end of Nueltin Lake brought mittens, gloves, and moccasins of caribou skin to trade at Windy River.
From The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
It has had undoubtedly the same common origin with the Chipewyans, for their languages differ only in accent, and their mode of life is essentially the same.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
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