Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people made up of numerous autonomous bands inhabiting a large area of northern Canada north of the Churchill River. Formerly nomadic caribou hunters, the Chipewyan became settled fur traders during the 18th century.
- noun The Athabaskan language of the Chipewyan.
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- proper noun A member of the Chipewyan people, a Native American tribe of Central Canada, in the regions of
Alberta ,Manitoba ,Northwest Territories , andSaskatchewan . - proper noun The Northern
Athabascan language spoken by this tribe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the language spoken by the Chipewyan
- noun a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This district, more particularly termed the Chipewyan lands, or _barren country_, is frequented by numerous herds of rein-deer, which furnish easy subsistence, and clothing to the Indians; but the traders endeavour to keep them in the parts to the westward where the beavers resort.
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816
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This district, more particularly termed the Chipewyan lands or barren country, is frequented by numerous herds of reindeer which furnish easy subsistence and clothing to the
The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816
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'Thou, Gowhee, hast a wife and children and a deerskin lodge in the Chipewyan.
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Poitras has been a long-time advocate for his small community, Fort Chipewyan, just downstream from the toxic tar sands development in Northern Alberta.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Those in Fort Chipewyan along with several other Indigenous communities are resisting the tar sands development because of the devastating health, human rights and environmental impacts the project poses.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Those in Fort Chipewyan along with several other Indigenous communities are resisting the tar sands development because of the devastating health, human rights and environmental impacts the project poses.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Poitras has been a long-time advocate for his small community, Fort Chipewyan, just downstream from the toxic tar sands development in Northern Alberta.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Those in Fort Chipewyan along with several other Indigenous communities are resisting the tar sands development because of the devastating health, human rights and environmental impacts the project poses.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Poitras has been a long-time advocate for his small community, Fort Chipewyan, just downstream from the toxic tar sands development in Northern Alberta.
Rebecca Tarbotton: James Cameron Goes to the Tar Sands Rebecca Tarbotton 2010
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Cree and Chipewyan natives gained ascendancy and integrated with European settlers.
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