Editing Sahtu (section)

{{Short description|Dene First Nations ethnic group}}
{{redirect|North Slavey people|the European ethnolinguistic group|North Slavic people}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=Sahtu
|image=Hareindiandog.jpg
|image_caption=[[Hare Indian Dog]] and Sahtu [[tipi]]s, 1845–1848
|population= Canada<br>[[Northwest Territories]]
|region1   =
|pop1       = 1,235 (2006)
|ref1       =<ref name="refLanguagegeeknorthslavey">[http://www.languagegeek.com/dene/kashogotine/north_slavey.html North Slavey]</ref>
|langs=[[English language|English]], [[Slavey language|Sahtu (North Slavey)]]
|rels=[[Christianity]], [[Animism]]
|related=[[Slavey people|South Slavey]]
}}
{{Location_map+
|Canada Northwest Territories
| width = 240
| float = right
| caption = [[Sahtu Region|Sahtu]] communities in the Northwest Territories
| places =
  {{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=[[Colville Lake, Northwest Territories|Colville Lake]] | lat=67.038 | long=-126.09 | label_size=75 | marksize=6| position=right}}
  {{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=[[Deline|Délįne]] | lat=65.1866 | long=-123.4216| label_size=75 | marksize=7|position=right}}
  {{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=[[Fort Good Hope]] | lat=66.258 | long=-128.628 | label_size=75 | marksize=7|position=left}}
  {{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=[[Norman Wells]] | lat=65.28 | long=-126.83 | label_size=75 | marksize=7| position=left}}
{{Location map~|Canada Northwest Territories | label=[[Tulita]] | lat=64.9 | long=-125.577 | label_size=75 | marksize=7| position=bottom}}
 }}
The '''Sahtú''' or '''[[Slavey|North Slavey]]''' (historically called ''Hare'' or ''Hareskin Indians'') are a [[Dene]] [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] people of the [[Athabaskan languages|Athabaskan-speaking]] ethnolinguistic group living in the vicinity of [[Great Bear Lake]] (''Sahtú'', the source of their name), [[Northwest Territories]], Canada. The Sahtú peoples live in [[Colville Lake, Northwest Territories|Colville Lake]], [[Deline]], [[Fort Good Hope]], [[Norman Wells]] and [[Tulita]] which form the [[Sahtu Region]] of the NWT.<ref>[http://www.sahtu.ca/#!sahtu-communities/c119b Sahtu Communities]</ref><ref>[http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/about/regions/index.html#Sahtu About MACA - Sahtu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824123342/http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/about/regions/index.html |date=2012-08-24 }}</ref> The Dene of the region are represented by the [[Sahtu Dene Council]] who, in 1993, signed the [[Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement]]. Sahtú groups include the ''Hare Dene''<ref>{{cite book |title=The natural history of the varieties of man |author=Robert Gordon Latham |author-link=Robert Gordon Latham |publisher=J. Van Voorst |year=1850 |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zOFAAAAAcAAJ/page/n331 303] |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_zOFAAAAAcAAJ}}</ref> (K'ahsho Got'ine District, today: Colville Lake and Fort Good Hope), ''Bear Lake Dene'' (Déline District), and ''Mountain Dene'' (Tulit'a District).<ref name=firstnation/> They call themselves also ''Ɂehdzo Got’ı̨ne'' (Trap People).