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There are multiple Indigenous territories overlapping the current borders of the Northwest Territories. These include Denendeh , [28] Inuvialuit Settlement Region ( Inuvialuit Nunangit Sannaiqtuaq ), and both Métis and Nêhiyawak countries (Michif Piyii [29] and ᓀᐦᐃᔮᓈᕁ nêhiýânâhk , [30] respectively).
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4 days ago · Northwest Territories - Indigenous, Arctic, Subarctic: American Indians (First Nations) make up more than one-third of the territorial population and include the Dene and the Métis. Concentrated in the Mackenzie valley area, the Dene belong to several tribes, all part of the Athabaskan language family.
4 days ago · Northwest Territories, region of northern and northwestern Canada encompassing a vast area of forests and tundra. Before the creation in 1999 of Nunavut out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories, they constituted more than one-third of the area of Canada. Yellowknife is the capital.
Illustration of canoe building at McArthur Lake from Samuel Hearne. Long before the Europeans arrived, Inuit and First Nations peoples inhabited the land area which became the Northwest Territories. Native Inuit included the Mackenzie, Copper, Caribou, and Central nations.
May 18, 2011 · The Northwest Territories lie northwest of central Canada, bordered to the east by Nunavut, to the west by the Yukon and to the south by the northeastern corner of British Columbia, as well as the entire northern borders of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Jan 30, 2020 · There are two reserves in the Northwest Territories. In addition, of the territory’s remaining 32 communities, 28 have a majority Indigenous population. Dene, Inuvialuit and Métis people are the primary Indigenous groups living in these communities.
The Northwest Territories were inhabited by Inuit and First Nations peoples long before the Europeans arrived in search of the elusive Northwest Passage. Native Inuit included the Mackenzie, Copper, Caribou and Central nations.
