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Nahani

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Nahani (Nahane, Nahanni) is an Athabaskan word used to designate First Nations groups located in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Yukon between the upper Liard River and the 64th parallel north latitude. While these native groups do not necessarily have anything in common, the Canadian government used the term "Nahani" until the 1970s to refer to them collectively. The group term applied to several distinct tribes:

These groups are identified as Southern Tutchone and Kaska language speakers. In 1996, there were 2,407 registered Nahani in Canada.

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  1. ^ Clark, Patricia Roberts (21 October 2009). Tribal Names of the Americas: Spelling Variants and Alternative Forms, Cross-Referenced. McFarland. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7864-5169-2.
  2. ^ Also Abbato-Tena, Abbatotena, Abbatotenah, Abbatotinneh, Abbatotinney.[1]
  • The Indians of Canada, Diamond Jenness, 1932.
  • "Nahani". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  • The Indian Tribes of North America, John Reed Swanton, 1952.