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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Dene communities, Dene culture, Dene people, Na-Dene languages, Tli Cho, Whati, Wrigley, Northwest Territories, Athabaskan languages, Tlingit language, Na-Dene languages, Akaitcho, Fort Simpson, Sayisi Dene, Fort Resolution, Dogrib language, Eyak language, Deline, Fort Liard, Chipewyan people, Hay River Reserve, Shannon Baker, Shauna Baker, Lutselk'e, Behchoko, Georges Erasmus, Tulita, Jean Marie River, Leela Gilday, Gameti, Fort Good Hope, Wekweeti, Fort Providence, Kakisa, Trout Lake, Northwest Territories, Nahanni Butte, Stephen Kakfwi, T ch people, Dettah, Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, Tadoule Lake, Manitoba, Carol Morin, North of 60, N'Dilo, Cold Lake First Nations, Sahtu, Ethel Blondin-Andrew, James Wah-Shee, Paulette Caveat, Michel Sikyea, Patuanak, Saskatchewan, Yellowknives, Matonabbee, Slavey people, Nuk-luk, Dehcho First Nations, Stick gambling, Dene music, Acho Dene Koe First Nation, Fort McMurray First Nation, Tlicho Government, John Zoe. Excerpt: Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Dene, Athapascan, Athapaskan) is a large group of indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family. The Athabaskan family is the second largest family in North America in terms of number of languages and the number of speakers, following the Uto-Aztecan family which extends into Mexico. In terms of territory, only the Algic language family covers a larger area. The word Athabaskan is an anglicized version of a Cree language name for Lake Athabasca (Woods Cree: " there are plants one after another") in Canada. The name was assigned by Albert Gallatin in his 1836 (written 1826) classification of the languages of North America. He acknowledged that the name for these related languages was entirely his own individual preference, wri...