Glossary of Dënesųłıné Terms

Bet’sı́ghı́
Utsingi Point

Desnethché
Mouth of the river, also Fort Reliance

Łutsël K’é
Name of the Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation and their main community

Ni Hat’ni Dene

“Watchers of the land” (name of the Indigenous Guardians initiative)

Nuwe néné, nuwe ch’anıé yunedhé xa

“Our land, our culture for the future”

Thaidene Nëné

Land of the Ancestors

Tsąkuı Thedá

Lady of the Falls

Thank you to Steven Nitah for providing the audio recording of these Dënesųłıné Words and Expressions

  1. Pronounced THIGH-den-nay NEN-ay.