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Dakelh (Carrier)

Dene 'people who go around by boat' of the central plateau, named Carrier for the widows who carried their husbands' ashes.

Pulled into the fur trade by Simon Fraser's New Caledonia posts (1805-07); today the many Dakelh nations, from Lheidli T'enneh at Prince George to the Carrier Sekani council, persist across north-central BC.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Dakelh (Carrier) — the shape you scrub through changes in 1793 · 1805 · 1858.

Further reading

• The First Nations of British Columbia, Third Edition Robert J Muckle · 1943

  An accessible anthropological overview of BC's First Nations, including the Dakelh (Carrier) of the central interior plateau.

• Canada's First Nations Olive Patricia Dickason · 1992

  National survey covering the fur-trade New Caledonia world that drew in the Dakelh (broad context).

Sources

• Dakelh — Wikipedia