Slavey

Slavey

The Slavey (also Slave) are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

This name was previously spelled in English as "Slave" but was changed to avoid confusion with the common noun referring to slavery. Likewise, in French the former name was "Esclaves", literally meaning persons in servitude.

The confusion still exists with regard to the Slave River and Great Slave Lake, whose names are derived from the above, and whose spelling was not changed.

ee also

* Slavey language
* Broken Slavey

Further reading


* Asch, Michael. "Slavey Indians". [S.l: s.n, 1978.

External links

* [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/slavey.html MNSU Slavey page]
* [http://www.calverley.ca/Part01-FirstNations/01-032.html An account of interactions between Slaveys and a white man named George Hunter]


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