Sayisi Dene relocations in Manitoba
The Sayisi Dene ('People under the Sun'[1] or 'People of the East', Chipewyan: ᓴᔨᓯ ᑌᓀ, Sayisi Dene) are Dene Suline peoples, a Dene group, living in northern Manitoba. They are members of the Sayisi Dene First Nation (formerly known as Churchill Indian Band), located at Tadoule Lake (58°42′43″N 98°28′50″W / 58.71194°N 98.48056°W), and are notable for living a nomadic caribou-hunting and gathering existence. They are the most eastern of all the Dene peoples.[1]
In 1956, the Sayisi Dene residing at Little Duck Lake (59°24′46.09″N 97°44′1.2″W / 59.4128028°N 97.733667°W) in northern Manitoba were relocated to Churchill. The relocation of the Sayisi Dene is viewed as one of the most grievous errors committed by the federal government.[2]
- ^ a b http://skfn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sayisi-Dene-First-Nation.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Virginia Phyllis Petch (1998), Relocation and loss of homeland, the story of the Sayisi Dene of Northern Manitoba. A Thesis presented to the University of Manitoba in partial fulfillment of the requirements of a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June, 1998