Sekani is the name of an Athabaskan First Nations people and language in the Northern Interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench. The neighbors of the Sekani are the Babine to the west, Dakelh to the south, Dunneza (Beaver) to the east, and Kaska and Tahltan, to the north, all Athabaskan peoples.

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  • Sekani is the name of an Athabaskan First Nations people and language in the Northern Interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench. The neighbors of the Sekani are the Babine to the west, Dakelh to the south, Dunneza (Beaver) to the east, and Kaska and Tahltan, to the north, all Athabaskan peoples. In addition, due to the westward spread of the Plains Cree in recent centuries, their neighbors to the east now include Cree communities. Sekani people call themselves [tsek'ene] or [tθek'ene] depending on dialect, both meaning "people on the rocks". "Sekani" is an anglicization of this term. Other forms occasionally found, especially in older sources, are Secunnie, Siccanie, Sikani, and the French Sékanais. Their band government is the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation.
  • Sekani ist der Name eines athapaskischen Indianer-Volkes (First Nation und einer Sprache im nördlichen Innern von Britisch-Kolumbien. Durch ihr Territorium fließt der Finlay River und der Parsnip River. Die Nachbarn der Sekani sind die Babine, Dakelh, Beaver, Slavey, Kaska und Tahltan, alles athapaskische Völker.
  • Els sekani són una tribu ameríndia de parla na-dené, el nom de la qual prové de tsé-keh-ne "gent de les roques".
  • Los sekani son una tribu amerindia perteneciente al grupo de lenguas na-dené, cuyo nombre proviene de tsé-keh-ne “gente de las rocas”.
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  • Sekani is the name of an Athabaskan First Nations people and language in the Northern Interior of British Columbia. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench. The neighbors of the Sekani are the Babine to the west, Dakelh to the south, Dunneza (Beaver) to the east, and Kaska and Tahltan, to the north, all Athabaskan peoples.
  • Sekani ist der Name eines athapaskischen Indianer-Volkes (First Nation und einer Sprache im nördlichen Innern von Britisch-Kolumbien. Durch ihr Territorium fließt der Finlay River und der Parsnip River. Die Nachbarn der Sekani sind die Babine, Dakelh, Beaver, Slavey, Kaska und Tahltan, alles athapaskische Völker.
  • Els sekani són una tribu ameríndia de parla na-dené, el nom de la qual prové de tsé-keh-ne "gent de les roques".
  • Los sekani son una tribu amerindia perteneciente al grupo de lenguas na-dené, cuyo nombre proviene de tsé-keh-ne “gente de las rocas”.
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