referred to the Chipewyan people as Montagnais in their documents written in French. Montagnais simply means 'mountain people' or 'highlanders' in French and has been applied to many unrelated nations across North America over time. For example, the missionaries also referred to the Neenolino Innu of northern Quebec as Montagnais.

Ethnography

Historically, the Denesuline were allied to some degree with the southerly Cree peoples. They warred against Inuit

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