The Yellowknives Dene First Nation: : Dettah & Ndilo - Northwest Territories

This video is for the "The Yellowknives Dene First Nation".. , their history, culture and affiliations. There is also an additional separate video in this channel, for: The "Yellowknives People".
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"For more than a hundred years, we have endured commonly held misperceptions of who we are descendant from, the extent of our traditional lands and our historic relationship with neighbouring First Nations. Thirty years ago, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre had a rack, at the entrance to the building, where there were brochures telling of the history of each of the NWT’s Dene, Inuit and Inuvialuit groups. The one for the “Yellowknife Indians” claimed that they were “extinct”, the last having died in the influenza epidemic of 1928. The explanation given for the existence of the Indigenous People of Yellowknife, Dettah and Rainbow Valley (Ndilo) was simple, they were Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) who had moved in the late 1800’s, into the void created, by the "extinction" of the “Yellowknife Indians”. For Yellowknives Dene Elders this is "not" a true historical account of who we are. The source for the information in this brochure came from the often-referenced Smithsonian Institution’s Handbook of North American Indians. We found it insulting and blamed not only anthropologists in general, but, in particular, Helm and Gillespie. While Helm and Gillespie weren’t the first to claim that either the Yellowknives had been completely absorbed into neighbouring First Nations and were therefore no longer culturally identifiable or, relevant, or, that the last of the ‘real’ Yellowknives died many years ago, they were still blamed for spreading these false claims through the Smithsonian’s Handbook.
- Yellowknives Dene First Nation
ykdene.com
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I thank, with respect: The Yellowknives People..; Wikipedia.com..; Chiefs Edward Sangris & Ernest Betsina..; YKDene.com..; UMG..; TheCanadianEncyclopedia.ca..; WMG..; "Traditional Dene Prayer Song"..; "Dene Drum Dance"..; THES STEVE MILLER BAND..; Rhino..; THE BREIT BROTHERS..; KEVIN BREIT..; VICTOR TSSESSAZE..; YELLOWKNIVES DENE DRUMMERS..; TODD RUNDGREN..; KEITH SECOLA.. and to all the other brothers and sisters who have contributed to this video.., with any photos.
Chi Miigwetch!.. Many Blessings & Thanks..!
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