Gamèti
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| Territory : | Northwest Territories | ||
| Region: | North Slave Region | ||
| Coordinates : | 64 ° 7 ′ N , 117 ° 21 ′ W | ||
| Residents : | 283 (as of 2006) | ||
Gamèti (until August 4, 2005: Rae Lakes ), officially Tlicho Community Government of Gameti, is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories in Canada .
Surname
The name means "Gamè's place" according to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, and refers to the surname of the first tribal elders who settled here halfway from Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake .
The Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center states the importance of Rabbit Lake. 'Gamè' means 'rabbit' and 'tì' means water or lake.
According to the 2006 Canadian census, Gameti has 283 residents, all of whom are registered as First Nations . Local languages are Tlicho and English .
local community
The community has an airfield. It has no connection to the all-weather road network. In winter there is sometimes an ice road. There is a day care center and the Jean Wetrade School, which teaches until the ninth grade. There is also a post office, an ambulance and the Rae Lakes department store.
Gameti is one of four Tlicho communities that make up the Tlicho Government .
literature
- Northwest Territories, and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Impacts in the Communities of: Behchoko, Gameti, Whati, Wekweeti, Detah, Ndilo, Lutsel K'e, and Yellowknife: 2005 Annual Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories Under the BHP Billiton, Diavik and De Beers Socio-Economic Agreements . [Yellowknife]: Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 2006.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Differences in Community Government Structures (PDF; 59 kB)
- ↑ Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Gameti profile ( Memento of the original from November 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ pwhc
- ↑ 2006census
- ↑ "NWTA"
- ↑ Gamèti at the GNWT ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing ( Memento of the original dated February 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
