Bearlake
The Bearlake , also known as Sahtú gotine , Satudene or Gens du Lac d'Ours , are an Athapaskan- speaking population formed by the descendants of the Dogrib , Kawchottine (Hare), Slavey and other groups who, after the establishment of trading posts on the Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territory of Canada came into contact with Europeans.
Fort Norman on the Mackenzie River was the center of trade for the Bearlake Indians . From 1820 to 1950 the Hudson's Bay Company operated a trading post in Fort Franklin on Great Bear Lake. The Bearlake Settlement in Fort Franklin has expanded since then. The place is now a government center with a school, a nursing station, a government-sponsored housing program and a church. About 700 Bearlake live in and around Fort Franklin today.
literature
- Beryl C. Gillespie: Bearlake Indians . In: Handbook of North American Indians . Volume 6: June Helm (Ed.): Subarctic . Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 1981, pp. 310-313.
- Cornelius Osgood: The Ethnography of the Great Bear Lake Indians . In: National Museum of Canada, Bulletin 70, 1931, ZDB -ID 429576-6 , pp. 31-97.
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