Their language is considered to be a dialect of the Chipewyan language, which means they are partially Anishinabe. They were likely brought back under Anishinabe control in the 18th century or early 19th century, after years of brutal Anishinabe assaults launched against the Slavey people, to force them to adhere to an Indian resistence against the invading whites. Though the whites claim no Anishinabe people are native to the Northwest Territories and Alaska, Nunavut, and Yukon, we know better. In the late 18th century the whites were forcing their way into the McKenzie River Delta region. It is well known that the Anishinabe people were already living in the McKenzie River Delta region before the first whites showed up around 1770. At that time (1770) the prophecy driven Anishinabe soldiers, were laying a path of destruction from probably the northern shores of Hudson Bay, all the way to eastern Alaska.
They learned in the late 17th century that the whites were using Hudson Bay to barter with the Athabascan Indians and Inuit Indians. They knew from prophecy that they had to defend Indian land from the invading whites. That meant forcing those Indian peoples who refused to obey their demands to try and stop the whites from doing what they knew they would do, into a subjugated position in which they could control them. Unfortunately, the Athabascan Indians and Inuit Indians, learned the hard way that what the Anishinabe ogimak explained to them was correct. After the whites commenced to pay regular visits to the McKenzie River Delta region, they launched devastating plague warfare assaults on the Indians. It is estimated that the Athabascan Indian population from the western shores of Hudson Bay to the Rocky Mountains west of Edmonton, to the Arctic Ocean to the north, was higher than 250,000 in 1750. Even now the population of the Athabascan Indians from the Rocky Mountains to Hudson Bay is only a fraction of their former population. On the other hand the Anishinabe people are very numerous. Perhaps numbering well over 500,000 in Canada alone. Their population is higher because of the Seven Fires Prophecy. It is very important for Athabascan Indians and Inuit Indians of the present time to seriously take the warnings in the Seven Fires Prophecy. Their ancestors did not. Don't be played by the whites.
There are five North Slavey First Nations which make up the population of the Sahtu Nation. They are listed below. Their population is probably much higher than what the whites claim and does include Anishinabe people. Below is a map of the Sahtu Nation. The Sahtu Nation covers 280,238 sq. km., or 108,200 sq. mi. However, if you believe what the whites are claiming, than the Sahtu Nation does not cover 280,238 sq. km., or 108,200 sq. mi., but only 41,437 sq. km., or 15,999 sq. mi. As you can tell by looking at the map, the green colored areas are supposedly land owned by the North Slavey people. The remainder of the land is the hunting territory of the North Slavey people. However, the North Slavey people consider all the land on that map (it covers 280,238 sq. km., or 108,200 sq. mi.), as being theirs. White leaders will not acknowledge that the Sahtu Nation covers 280,238 sq. km, or 108,200 sq. mi. The Sahtu North Slavey people are possibly being played (delayed) by the evil white race. Watch your land above and on the surface!
Coleville Lake - Population is 126
Deline - Population is 525
Fort Good Hope - Population is 557
Norman Wells - Population is 761
Tulita - Population is 505
