Editing Slavey (section)

{{Short description|First Nation in Western Canada}}
{{About|the Canadian First Nations sometimes called the "Slave people"|the language|Slavey language|the European ethnolinguistic group|Slavs|human bondage|Slavery}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Slavey<br />(Dene Tha' & Dehcho)
| native_name      = Awokanak
| native_name_lang = [[Dene language]]
| image = Slavey girls Mackenzie River Northwest Territories - NA-1463-23.jpg
| image_caption = Slavey girls, [[Mackenzie River]], Northwest Territories
| population = 2,630 (2016 census)
| total_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/dt-td/Rp-eng.cfm?LANG=E&APATH=3&DETAIL=0&DIM=0&FL=A&FREE=0&GC=0&GID=0&GK=0&GRP=1&PID=110522&PRID=10&PTYPE=109445&S=0&SHOWALL=0&SUB=0&Temporal=2017&THEME=122&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=|title=Aboriginal Ancestry Responses (73), Single and Multiple Aboriginal Responses (4), Residence on or off reserve (3), Residence inside or outside Inuit Nunangat (7), Age (8A) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces and Territories, 2016 Census - 25% Sample Data|publisher=Government of Canada|website=www12.statcan.gc.ca|date=25 October 2017|language=en|access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>
| popplace = Canada ([[Northwest Territories]], [[Alberta]])
| langs = [[English language|English]], [[Slavey language|North and South Slavey language]]
| rels = [[Animism]], [[Christianity]], [[Native American Religions|Slavey Religion]]
| related = [[Sahtu|Sahtu (North Slavey)]]
}}

The '''Slavey''' (also '''Awokanak''', '''Slave''', and '''South Slavey''') are a [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] group of [[Indigenous peoples in Canada]]. They speak the [[Slavey language]], a part of the [[Athabaskan languages]]. Part of the [[Dene]] people, their homelands are in the [[Great Slave Lake]] region, in Canada's [[Northwest Territories]], northeastern [[British Columbia]], and northwestern [[Alberta]].