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Dettah
Yellowknives Dene First Nation in Northwest Territories, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dettah,[pronunciation?] sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah,[7] is a First Nations[8] community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km (17 mi) drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. The name T'é?ehdaá means 'Burnt Point' in the Wíílíídeh dialect and was simplified to Dettah when non-indigenous people couldnʼt pronounce it. The place was a common fishing spot for the Tetsǫ́tʼine (Yellowknives) people and is home to nearly 200 indigenous people.
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Dettah
Tʼèɂehdaà | |
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Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) | |
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Coordinates: 62°24′40″N 114°18′30″W[1] | |
Country | Canada |
Territory | Northwest Territories |
Region | North Slave Region |
Territorial electoral district | Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh |
Census division | Region 6 |
Government | |
• Chief | Ernest Betsina |
• Counilors | Anastassia Judas, Peter Crookedhand, Mary Rose Sundberg, Rosanna Sangris, & Liza Charlo-Pieper |
• MLA | Richard Edjericon |
Area | |
• Land | 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi) |
Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 192 |
• Density | 171.9/km2 (445/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
Canadian Postal code | |
Area code | 867 |
Telephone exchanges | 444 445 446 669 765 766 873 920 |
Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,[4] Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[5] Canada Flight Supplement[6] |
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