Chipewyan

American  

[chip-uh-wahy-uhn] / ˌtʃɪp əˈwaɪ ən /

noun

Chipewyans, plural Chipewyan plural

1. a member of a First Nations tribe that inhabits northwestern Canada between Hudson Bay and the Rocky Mountains.

2. the Athabascan language spoken by the Chipewyan.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Chipewyan
  plural
• Chipewyans
  plural

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Chipewyan Chipewyans

“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

“That was our dream home,” said Cardinal, a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, as she scanned the cabin’s flattened, charred remains in September.

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

That money was put into projects like a community-owned grocery store in Fort Chipewyan, but also into a long-term trust he hopes will be used to buy a new home for his nation.

From New York Times ● Jun. 28, 2020

The Copper Indians traded at the latter post, while the Northern or Chipewyan Indians resorted to the more southern and older post on the Athabasca River.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

Chipewyans believed the cry was an omen of death.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the spring, therefore, after the break-up of the ice, Crees, Chipewyans, and Eskimos came down the rivers in fleets of canoes laden with furs, traded them for merchandise, and returned for another season's hunt.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

They were originally a tribe of the Chipewyans and, according to their own account, inhabited the south side of Great Slave Lake at no very distant period.

From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

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 Franklin, John

Obtaining three Chipewyans and two Crees as guides, and taking no white servants, Hearne once more set out, on February 23, 1770, for the "Far-Away-Metal River."

From Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)