SKEKANI INDIANS IN CANADA

SEKANI INDIAN TRIBE ARE DWELLERS ON THE ROCKS WHO SPEAK ATHAPASCAN. THEY WERE ONCE PART OF THE TRIBE BECAUSE THEY SETTLE INTO SMALLER DISTINCT. THEY LIVED NEAR THE PEACE RIVER. THE WOMEN WEAR RINGS IN THEIR NOSES. THEIR CLOTHING CONSISTS OF COATS AND BREECHS OF MOUNTAIN GOAT OR BIG HORN SKINS. THEY SLEEP WITH GOAT SKINS SEWED TOGETHER WHICH COMMUNICATES A STRONG ODOR. THEY ARE ENTIRELY NOMADIC. THEY CAME FROM THE EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THEY HAVE CHEEK BONES. THEY LIKE TO SLEEP IN BRUSH HUTS. THEY CAME FROM THE EAST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. THEY FOLLOW THE MOOSE, CARIBOU, AND BEAVER ON WHICH THEY SUBSIST. THEY EAT NO FISH AND DON'T LIKE IT. THEY ARE VERY HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY. IN 1893 THERE WERE 9 TRIBES. THERE IS AN EASTERN DIVISION WHO HAD IN 1820 A POPULATION OF 1000.

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