Chipewyan
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The Chipewyan are a Dene Indigenous Canadian people of the Athabaskan language family, whose ancestors are identified with the Taltheilei Shale archaeological tradition. They are part of the Northern Athabascan group of peoples, and hail from what is now Western Canada.
A Chipewyan woman and child set out to hunt muskrat in Garson Lake, Saskatchewan
Album with photos of Chipewyan woman and boy
Denesuline children by canoe in La Loche
Sign in Denesuline at La Loche Airport
Indigenous peoples in Canada
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Indigenous peoples in Canada are the indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Although "Indian" is a term still commonly used in legal documents, the descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada, and most consider them to be pejorative. "Aboriginal" as a collective noun is a specific term of art used in some legal documents, including the Constitution Act, 1982, though in some circles that word is also falling into disfavour.
An Aboriginal community in Northern Ontario
A Clovis point created using bi-facial percussion flaking (that is, each face is flaked on both edges alternatively with a percussor)
Thule site (Copper Inuit) near the waters of Cambridge Bay (Victoria Island)
Chief George from the village of Senakw with his daughter in traditional regalia, c. 1906