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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Chipewyan
  plural
• Chipewyans
  plural

Example Sentences

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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

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

Anaw'd is doubtless the same word as Enna, which is the Chipewyan name for a Cree Indian.

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 J. B. Tyrrell

Chipewyans believed the cry was an omen of death.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was glad to find that the Chipewyans and Copper Indians were at length employing dogs to drag their sledges.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by John Franklin

Catlin relates it of the Mandans, and Hearne of the Chipewyans.

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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Chipewyans, bath of purification practised by, 14 n.;

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 Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut

Now the Chipewyans and the Atnahs were not on borrowing terms.

From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck