ETCHAREOTLINE ARE ATHAPASKAN SPEAKING OCCUPYING THE COUNTRY ATHAPASCAN OCCUPYING THE COUNTRY OF GREAT SLAVES AND UPPER MACKENSIE RIVER TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THEY ONCE LIVED ON THE SHORES OF ATHABASCA. THEY ARE A TIMID PEOPLE INDICATING A RIPARIAN FISHERY.
THEY WERE PLUNDERED BY THE CREE NEIGHBORS. THE CREE CALLED THEM SLAVES! BY THE
18TH CENTURY THEY LEFT THEIR HOME AND WERE SENT TO THE NORTH TO GREAT SLAVE LAKE. ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT THE SLAVORY OR ETCHAREOTTINE FOLKS WERE THERE FOR AT LEAST 3000 YEARS. THEIR ECONOMY WAS BASED ON HARVESTING FISH, GAME, MOOSE, CARIBOU AND BERRIES. IN WINTER THEY CAMPED IN THE SMALL GROUPS . IN SUMMER THE GROUPS CAME TOGETHER NEAR THE SHORES OF A MAJOR LAKE TO FORM 200 PEOPLE.
IN 1789 ANGLOS CAME HERE AND ESTABLISHED TRADING POSTS. AFTER 1821 THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY MADE FORT SIMPSON IT'S MAJOR TERMINUS FOR THE MACKENSIE REGION. CATHOLIC MISSIONS WERE ESTABLISHED. APPARENTLY BY THE END OF WWII THEY LIVED IN SMALL KIN BASED COMMUNITIES OF HUNTERS AND GATHERERS.
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