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Gamètì (formerly known as Rae Lakes until 4 August 2005), offically the Tlicho Community Government of Gameti[1] is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community does not have all-weather road access, but an ice-road is sometimes built in the winter. August 4 is the 216th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (217th in leap years), with 149 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The North Slave Region is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories. ...
Motto: none Official languages Chipewyan, Cree, English, French, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tåîchô [1] Flower Mountain avens Tree Tamarack Bird Gyr Falcon Capital Yellowknife Largest city Yellowknife Commissioner Tony Whitford Premier Joe Handley (Consensus government (no party affiliations)) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats...
Gamètì, "Gamè's place", refers to the last name of the first elder to settle at the location, which is almost halfway between Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake. Mackenzie River drainage basin showing Great Slave Lakes position in the Western Canadian Arctic Great Slave Lake (French: Grand lac des Esclaves) is the second largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (behind Great Bear Lake), the deepest lake in North America at 614 meters (2,015 ft. ...
Great Bear Lake, NWT, Canada Mackenzie River drainage basin showing Great Bear Lakes position in the Western Canadian Arctic Great Bear Lake (Slavey: Sahtu, French: Grand lac de lOurs) is the largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the fourth largest in North America, and the eight...
Population is 274 according to the 2001 Census the majority of which were First Nations.[2] The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ...
First Nations is a term of ethnicity used in Canada. ...
Local languages are Dogrib and English in this Tli Cho community which is part of the Tlicho Government.[3] Dogrib is a language spoken by the First Nations Dogrib people of the Canadian territory Northwest Territories. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
The Tli Cho (Tłįchǫ) First Nation, formerly known as the Dogrib, are an Aboriginal Canadian people living in the Northwest Territories (NWT). ...
References
- ^ Differences in Community Government Structures
- ^ 2001 Census
- ^ Government of the NWT news release on land claims signing
See also Rae Lakes is a public aerodrome in the Northwest Territories where caribou may be found on the runway. ...
External links Coordinates: 64°06′44″N, 117°21′13″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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