Chipewyan
Americannoun
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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
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
At the time of Hearne's visit the Copper Indians, being unsupplied with firearms, were oppressed by the Chipewyans; but even that traveller had occasion to praise their kindness of heart.
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
I shall now give a brief account of the Copper Indians termed by the Chipewyans Tantsawhotdinneh, or Birch-rind Indians.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
The Chipewyans are celebrated for making them good and easy to walk in; we saw some here upwards of six feet long, and three broad.
From Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 by Franklin, John
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