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The Indigenous peoples in Northern Canada consist of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit located in Canada's three territories: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

## Northwest Territories

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Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories  Community

Governance  | Name[1]
Indigenous
peoples | First Nations, Inuit or
Métis organization  | Band / Nation / Region  | Territorial
region  | Official  | Traditional
Chipewyan | Akaitcho Territory Government | Deninu Kųę́ First Nation | South Slave | Fort Resolution | Denı́nu Kų́ę́
Chipewyan | Akaitcho Territory Government | Łutsël K'é Dene First Nation | North Slave | Łutselk'e | Łútsę̀lk'é
Chipewyan | Akaitcho Territory Government | Smith's Landing First Nation | South Slave | Fort Smith | Tthebacha
Chipewyan / Cree | Akaitcho Territory Government | Salt River First Nation | South Slave | Fort Smith | Tthebacha
Gwichʼin | Gwich'in Tribal Council | Aklavik First Nation (Ehdiitat Gwich'in Council) | Inuvik | Aklavik | Akłarvik
Gwichʼin | Gwich'in Tribal Council | Gwichya Gwich'in First Nation (Gwichya Gwich'in Council) | Inuvik | Tsiigehtchic | Tsiigehtshik
Gwichʼin | Gwich'in Tribal Council | Inuvik Native Band (Nihtat Gwich'in Council) | Inuvik | Inuvik | Inuuvik
Gwichʼin | Gwich'in Tribal Council | Tetlit Gwich'in First Nation (Tetlin Gwich'in Council) | Inuvik | Fort McPherson | Teetł'it Zheh
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Aklavik | Akłarvik
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Inuvik | Inuuvik
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Paulatuk | Paulatuuq
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Sachs Harbour | Ikaahuk
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Tuktoyaktuk | Tuktuujaqrtuuq
Inuit | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | Inuvialuit Settlement Region | Inuvik | Ulukhaktok | Ulukhaqtuuq
Métis | Dehcho First Nations | Fort Providence Métis Council | South Slave | Fort Providence | Zhahti Kų́ę́
Métis | Dehcho First Nations | Fort Simpson Métis Nation | Dehcho | Fort Simpson | Łı́ı́dlı̨ Kų́ę́
Métis | North Slave Métis Alliance | Behchokǫ̀ Métis | North Slave | Behchokǫ̀ |
Métis | North Slave Métis Alliance | Gamèti Métis | South Slave | Gamèti | Gahmı̨̀tı̀
Métis | North Slave Métis Alliance | Wekweeti Métis | South Slave | Wekweètì |
Métis | North Slave Métis Alliance | Whatì Métis | South Slave | Whatì |
Métis | Northwest Territory Métis Nation | Fort Resolution Métis Government | South Slave | Fort Resolution | Denı́nu Kų́ę́
Métis | Northwest Territory Métis Nation | Fort Smith Métis Council | South Slave | Fort Smith | Tthebacha
Métis | Northwest Territory Métis Nation | Hay River Métis Government Council | South Slave | Hay River | Xátł'odehchee
Sahtu | Sahtu Dene Council | Behdzi Ahda' First Nation | Sahtu | Colville Lake | K'áhbamı̨́túé
Sahtu | Sahtu Dene Council | Délı̨nę First Nation | Sahtu | Délı̨nę |
Sahtu | Sahtu Dene Council | Fort Good Hope First Nation | Sahtu | Fort Good Hope | Rádeyı̨lı̨kóé
Sahtu | Sahtu Dene Council | Tulita Dene First Nation | Sahtu | Tulita | Tulı́t’a
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Acho Dene Koe First Nation | Dehcho | Fort Liard | Echaot'ı̨e Kų́ę́
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation | South Slave | Fort Providence | Zhahti Kų́ę́
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | K'atl'odeeche First Nation | South Slave | Hay River Reserve | Xátł'odehchee
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Jean Marie River First Nation | Dehcho | Jean Marie River | Tthek'éhdélı̨
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Ka'a'gee Tu First Nation | South Slave | Kakisa | K'ágee
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation | Dehcho | Fort Simpson | Łı́ı́dlı̨ Kų́ę́
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Nahɂą Dehé Dene Band | Dehcho | Nahanni Butte |
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Pehdzeh Ki First Nation | Dehcho | Wrigley | Tthenáágó
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | Sambaa K'e First Nation | Dehcho | Sambaa K'e | Sambaa K’e
Slavey | Dehcho First Nations | West Point First Nation | South Slave | Hay River | Xátł'odehchee
Tłı̨chǫ | Tłı̨chǫ Government | Dechi Laot'i First Nations | North Slave | Wekweètì |
Tłı̨chǫ | Tłı̨chǫ Government | Dog Rib Rae First Nation | North Slave | Behchokǫ̀ |
Tłı̨chǫ | Tłı̨chǫ Government | Gameti First Nation | North Slave | Gamèti | Gahmı̨̀tı̀
Tłı̨chǫ | Tłı̨chǫ Government | Wha Ti First Nation | North Slave | Whatì |
Yellowknives | Akaitcho Territory Government | Yellowknives Dene First Nation | North Slave | Dettah | T'èɂehda
Yellowknives | Akaitcho Territory Government | Yellowknives Dene First Nation | North Slave | Ndilǫ |

## Nunavut

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All communities in Nunavut are Inuit. There are no First Nations or Métis.

Indigenous peoples in Nunavut  Communitya

Governance  | Name
Indigenous
peoples | Community type  | Territorial
region  | Official[2] | Traditional[2][3] / Inuktitut syllabics[4]b
Inuit | Settlement | Kitikmeot | Bathurst Inlet | Kingoak
Inuit | Hamlet | Kitikmeot | Cambridge Bay | Iqaluktuuttiaq, ᐃᖃᓗᒃᑑᑦᑎᐊᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kitikmeot | Gjoa Haven | Urhuqtuuq, ᐅᖅᓱᖅᑑᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kitikmeot | Kugaaruk | ᑰᒑᕐᔪᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kitikmeot | Kugluktuk | ᖁᕐᓗᖅᑑᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kitikmeot | Taloyoak | ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Inuit | Settlement | Kitikmeot | Umingmaktok |
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Arviat | ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑦ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Baker Lake | Qamani’tuuq, ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Chesterfield Inlet | Igluligaarjuk, ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒑᕐᔪᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Coral Harbour | Salliq, ᓴᓪᓕᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Naujaat | ᓇᐅᔮᑦ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Rankin Inlet | Kangiqtiniq, ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᖅ or Kangiqiniq, ᑲᖏᕿᓂᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Kivalliq | Whale Cove | Tikiraqjuaq, ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Arctic Bay | Ikpiarjuk, ᐃᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Clyde River | Kangiqtugaapik, ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Grise Fiord | Aujuittuq, ᐊᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Igloolik | ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ
Inuit | City | Qikiqtaaluk | Iqaluit (territorial capital) | ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Kimmirut | ᑭᒻᒥᕈᑦ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Kinngait | ᑭᙵᐃᑦ
Inuit | Settlement | Qikiqtaaluk | Nanisivik | ᓇᓂᓯᕕᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Pangnirtung | ᐸᓐᓂᖅᑑᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Pond Inlet | Mitimatalik, ᒥᑦᑎᒪᑕᓕᒃ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Qikiqtarjuaq | ᕿᑭᖅᑕᕐᔪᐊᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Resolute | Qausuittuq, ᖃᐅᓱᐃᑦᑐᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Sanikiluaq, | ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᖅ
Inuit | Hamlet | Qikiqtaaluk | Sanirajak | ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ

### Notes

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* ^a Bathurst Inlet, Nanisivik, and Umingmaktok are not listed as official communities by the Government of Nunavut, but are listed as settlements by Statistics Canada.[2][5]
* ^b Inuktitut syllabics are not normally used in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk.

## Yukon

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### Gwichʼin

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* Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

### Hän

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* Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin First Nation

### Kaska Dena

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* Liard First Nation
* Ross River Dena Council

### Northern Tutchone

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* First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
* Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation
* Selkirk First Nation
* White River First Nation

### Southern Tutchone

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* Champagne and Aishihik First Nations
* Kluane First Nation
* Kwanlin Dün First Nation
* Ta'an Kwach'an Council

### Tagish

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* Carcross/Tagish First Nation
* Kwanlin Dün First Nation
* Ta'an Kwach'an Council

### Tlingit

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* Carcross/Tagish First Nation
* Kwanlin Dün First Nation
* Ta'an Kwach'an Council
* Teslin Tlingit Council

### Upper Tanana

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* White River First Nation

## See also

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* Indigenous peoples in Yukon
* List of Indigenous peoples

## References

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1. ^ "Official NWT Community Names". Retrieved 19 March 2025.
2. ^ a b c "ICSP Toolkit - Community Profiles". Retrieved 25 March 2025.
3. ^ "ICSP Naunaitkutat - Nunallaanik Naunaitkutangit". Retrieved 25 March 2025.
4. ^ "ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑏᑦ - ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓅᖓᔪᑦ". Retrieved 25 March 2025.
5. ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities)". www150.statcan.gc.ca. Government of Canada \- Statistics Canada. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.

## Further reading

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* Crowe, Keith J (1991). A history of the original peoples of northern Canada. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0773508805.

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Indigenous peoples in the Northwest Territories

Cultural areas: Arctic, Subarctic

Ethnolinguistic groups|

* Cree
* Woodland Cree
* Dene
* Deh Cho
* Dënesųłı̨ne
* Sahtu
* Tłı̨chǫ
* Gwichʼin
* Inuvialuit
* Inuit
* Métis

Treaties and land claims|

* Treaty 8 (1899)
* Treaty 11 (1921)
* Inuvialuit (1984)
* Gwich'in (1992)
* Sahtu (1993)
* Tłįchǫ (2003)

Regional councils and
band governments|

| Akaitcho Territory Government|

* Deninu Kųę́
* Łutsël K'é Dene
* Salt River
* Smith's Landing
* Yellowknives Dene Dettah, Ndilǫ

|

Dehcho First Nations|

* Acho Dene Koe
* Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę
* Fort Providence Métis Council
* Fort Simpson Métis
* Jean Marie River
* Kátł'odeeche
* Ka'a'gee Tu
* Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́
* Nahɂą Dehé
* Pehdzeh Kı
* Sambaa K'e
* West Point

Gwich'in Tribal Council|

* Aklavik
* Gwichya Gwich'in
* Inuvik
* Tetlit Gwich'in

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation|

* Aklavik
* Inuvik
* Paulatuk
* Sachs Harbour
* Tuktoyaktuk
* Ulukhaktok

North Slave Métis Alliance|

* Behchokǫ̀ Métis
* Gamèti Métis
* Wekweeti Métis
* Whatì Métis
* Yellowknife Métis

Northwest Territory Métis Nation|

* Fort Resolution
* Fort Smith
* Hay River

Sahtu Dene Council|

* Behdzi Ahda'
* Délı̨nę
* Fort Good Hope
* Tulita Dene

Tłı̨chǫ Government|

* Dechi Laot'i
* Dog Rib Rae
* Gameti
* Wha Ti

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First Nations in the Yukon

Peoples|

* Gwich'in
* Hän
* Kaska Dena
* Northern Tutchone
* Southern Tutchone
* Tagish
* Tlingit
* Tanana Athabaskans

Governments|

* Carcross/Tagish
* Champagne and Aishihik
* Na-Cho Nyäk Dun
* Kluane
* Kwanlin Dün
* Liard River
* Little Salmon/Carmacks
* Ross River Dena
* Selkirk
* Ta'an Kwach'an
* Teslin Tlingit
* Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
* Vuntut Gwitchin
* White River

Languages|

* Gwich’in
* Hän
* Kaska
* Tutchone
* Tagish
* Tlingit
* Upper Tanana

Other|

* Yukon First Nations Party
* Yukon Land Claims
* Kaska Nation

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