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
Tu Nedhé
Great Slave Lake
Xá Dá Yáłtı
“Those who speak for Thaidene Nëné” (name of the management board)
Yunedhé xa
“For the future”
Ɂedacho Túe
Artillery Lake
Ts’ąkuı Thedá Dezé
Lockhart River
Ɂetthën
caribou
Thank you to Steven Nitah for providing the audio recording of these Dënesųłıné Words and Expressions