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Mackenzie |
Iglulik |
Copper |
Caribou | Dene |
Inuit Band
The Copper or
Tatsanottine may have been given their name
because of the rich deposits of copper found in
the area which they inhabited. They are members
of the Athabascan linguistic group and have been
associated with the Chipewayan people also.
The were known
for the copper goods they produced and traded
with other groups. With the arrival of Europeans
and European products the demand for their
produced copper products disappeared and they
migrated towards some of the trading posts
established by the Hudson Bay Company.
They were
located along the shores of Great Slave Lake and
around 1670 numbered just under 500 people.
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