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Is it known whether the name was originally translated by the British or the French? Deipnosophista (talk) 08:51, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know, but can try some OR. The OED says,
[tr. Cree awahkān captive, slave; the disyllabic Eng. forms reflect a local jargon var. with Fr. suffix -ais.]
though it doesn't say if that was an actual borrowing from the French, or coinage by analogy.
However, the earliest attestations are all monosyllabic (1789: "Slave Lake ... Slave Indians", 1801 "whom they called slaves ... name of the Slave River", 1851 "the timid Slave or Hare Indians are sacrificed". Slavé doesn't come in until Bancroft 1875, Slavi 1890.
The 1789 ref cites a "Mr. Leroux",
Mr. Leroux arrived on the 22nd March from the other side of Slave Lake where he had seen a great number of Red Knives and Slave Indians.
though that would be too late to be the origin of the name, since it was a letter and the writer evidently expected his reader to know who was meant. — kwami (talk) 16:26, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
more original research in the course of ongoing wheedling.Skookum1 (talk) 02:08, 1 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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very short stub --Skookum1 (10 May 06)

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Rename?

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Requested move 12 April 2021

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Move not supported per WP:COMMONNAME (no evidence provided either way) and concerns that the proposed name wouldn't have the same scope as the current one. (non-admin closure) Vpab15 (talk) 11:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]



SlaveyDeh cho (people) – It's nonsensical that such a name is used primarily; imagine if all the conquered people historically were called this, but they're not, and since a native name exists why not use that? Otherwise we might end up with a situation where 99% of people are called this and only the 1% aren't, which would be a disambiguating nonsense to say the least... 2.97.151.50 (talk) 01:39, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Shutah Dene

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The Shutah Dene, who are members of the [Ross River Dena Council] in the Yukon, are Mountain Slavey people living to the west of the [Mackenzie Mountains]. they should be included in the article. Luigizanasi (talk) 21:33, 5 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]