NAHANE INDIANS IN CANADA

THE NAHANES MEANS'PEOPLE OF THE WEST'. THEY ARE ALSO CALLED GONNA. THEY SPEAK ATHAPASKAN. IN NORTHERN BC AND YUKON TERRITORY BETWEEN THE COAST RANGE3 AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS SOME BANDS EXTEND TO MACKENZIE TERRITORY. THEY HAD 8 SUBDIVISIONS MANY MAY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED. IN 1789 THE EASTERNMOST BANDS OF NAHANE MAY HAVE BEEN MET BY MACKENZIE IN 1789. FORT SIMPSON AT THE JUNCTION OF LAIRD AND MACKENZIE BECAME THE BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR EXPLOITATION OF THE NAHANE COUNTRY. THE HUDSON BAY COMPANY BUILT SEVERAL FORTS. THE NAHANE WERE POWERFULLY AFFECTED BY THE THE KLONDIKE RUSH. IN 1780 THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 NAHANE IN BC AND 400 MOUNTAIN INDIANS.

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