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Dogrib Language (Tlicho, Tli cho Dinne, Thlingchadine)

Dogrib is an Athapaskan language of Northern Canada, spoken today by around 2500 people in the Northwest Territories.

Dogrib Language Resources

Dogrib Numbers:
    Worksheet showing how to count in Dogrib.
Tlicho
     General information, a Dogrib text, and an adaptation of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics for Dogrib.
Dogrib Prayers:
    Dogrib translation of the Lord's Prayer.
Dene Place Names of the Northwest Territories
    Map of the Great Slave Lake region labeled with traditional Dogrib, Slavey, and Chipewyan names with their meanings.
House of Languages: Dogrib:
    Information about Dogrib language usage.
Dogrib
     Demographic information about Dogrib from the Ethnologue of Languages.
Wikipedia: Dogrib:
    Encyclopedia article on the Dogrib language.
Dogrib Language Tree:
    Theories about Dogrib's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Dogrib Culture and History Links

Tlicho (Dogrib):
    History of the Dogrib people in Canada.
Canadian Peoples: Na-Dene:
    Ethnography of the Dogrib and other Athabaskan nations.
Tlicho Land Claims
     News, treaties, and reports from the Dogrib First Nation.
Dogrib Canoes
     Picture and description of the traditional Dogrib canoe style.
Canoeing Cultures: The Dene:
    Dogrib and other Dene canoe-building and traditional culture.
Dogrib Legends:
    Collection of Dogrib Indian legends and folktales.
Dogrib Authors:
    Dogrib writers, their lives and work.
Two Hundred Years of Dene Clothing * Dene Children's Clothing:
    Photographs and descriptions of Dogrib, Slavey, and Gwich'in traditional clothing.
Gateway to Aboriginal Heritage: Dogrib:
    Online exhibit of Dogrib artifacts from the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Tlicho Nation Flag:
    Dogrib flag.

Books For Sale On The Dogribs

Drum Dance Music of Dogrib
     CD of traditional hand drum chants by a Dogrib/Dene drum group.
A Man Called Raven * What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?
     Two beautiful children's books by a Dogrib author and a Plains Cree illustrator.
Prophecy and Power Among the Dogrib Indians
     Anthropology book on the religion and culture of the Dogribs.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Wikipedia: Tlicho:
Encyclopedia articles about the Dogribs.
  Peuples autochtones de la a zone boréale:
  Information about the Dogrib and other First Nations of Northern Canada in French.
Lengua Dogrib: * Los Dogrib:
Information on Dogrib language and culture in Spanish.



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