Babine
Babine refers in a broader sense to all the Athapaskan Indians who belonged to the Babine dialect group of the Babine-Witsuwit'en , closely related to the Carrier, the language of the Dakelh , and along the Babine River and around the Babine Lake , Trembleur Lake and the Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia , Canada . Today these include the Lake Babine Nation (also called Nat'oot'en Nation ) and the Takla Lake First Nation (formerly also North Takla Lake Indian Band, Fort Connolly Indian Band, Sustutenne ).
Mostly, however, Babine is only used to describe today's Lake Babine Nation , which consists of three communities: Fort Babine (originally: Wit'at, approx. 100 full-time residents), Tachet (approx. 100 full-time residents) and Woyenne (next to the village of Burns Lake, approx. 800 full-time residents).
The Lake Babine Nation emerged from a controversial amalgamation process in the 1950s. This controversial process led to a separation movement in the Fort Babine community. In fact, some residents of this community see themselves as the "Wit'at nation".
The term babine is of French origin and means "lipped", which goes back to the fact that when fur traders were first discovered, babine women wore labrets (lip piercings). Although it is viewed as derogatory by some, they prefer the name Lake Babine Nation because it emphasizes the people's connection to their original area around the lake of the same name.
See also
literature
- Jo-Anne Fiske, Betty Patrick: Cis Dideen Kat. The Way of the Lake Babine Nation . UBC Press, Vancouver et al. 2000, ISBN 0-7748-0811-X .