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Chipewyan (chĭp'əwī`ən), Native North Americans of the Athabascan Athabascan (ăthəbăs`kən), Athapascan, or Athapaskan ..... Click the link for more information. branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see also Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Formerly the largest of the Athabascan groups, scattered Chipewyan bands ranged W Canada between Great Slave Lake and the Churchill River. They were nomadic hunters and gatherers who lived in small groups of extended families, following the seasonal migration of caribou herds. The Chipewyan were in rivalry with the Woodland Cree; eventually their numbers were severely reduced by smallpox. They are not to be confused with the Chippewa or Ojibwa. In 1991 close to 10,000 Chipewyan were living in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. |
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| Two years ago, women from the isolated native community of Fort Chipewyan asked if the meeting could come to them. We have spent the winter in a log cabin 15 miles east of the Chipewyan settlement of Fond-du-Lac. |
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