Sambaa K'e (

Slavey language Slavey ( ; also Slave, Slavé) is a group of Athabaskan languages and a dialect continuum spoken amongst the Dene peoples of Canada in the Northwest Territories – or central Denendeh – where it also has official status.Dehcho Region The Dehcho Region or ''Deh Cho'' is one of five administrative regions in the Northwest Territories of Canada. According to Municipal and Community Affairs the region consists of six communities with the regional office situated in Fort Simpson ...

of the

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, Canada. The community is located near the

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border, east of

Fort Liard Fort Liard (Slavey language: ''Echaot'l Koe'' "people from the land of the giants" or ''Acho Dene Kue'') is a hamlet in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located north of the British Columbia border. It became access ...

, on the shore of the lake also known as

Sambaa K'e Sambaa K'e (Slavey language: "place of trout"; formerly Trout Lake) is a "Designated Authority" in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located near the Alberta border, east of Fort Liard, on the shore of the ...

. It has no all-weather road, but can be reached by winter road early in the year or by air (

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) year-round. On June 21, 2016, the settlement officially changed its name from "Trout Lake" to "Sambaa K'e", its name in the Slavey language, meaning "place of trout".Trout Lake, N.W.T., changes its name to Sambaa K'e
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Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Sambaa K’e had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. The majority of its 2016 population (80 people) are

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and 45 report South Slavey as a

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First Nations

The

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of the community are represented by the Sambaa K'e First Nation and belong to the

Dehcho First Nations The Dehcho First Nations is a tribal council representing the Dene (South Slavey) and Métis people of the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is made up of ten First Nations bands and two Métis Locals. Membership The Deh Ch ...

Services

The community has a small general store and a

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and no

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. Canada Post mail arrives weekly by charter plane. Residents can order books, movies and CDs through the Borrow by Mail program offered by the NWT Public Library Services.Borrow-By-Mail
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, and in the summer Trout Lake Water Aerodrome is in operation. The community runs the Sambaa K'e Fishing Lodge, an authentic northern fishing experience, in the summer months.

References

External links

Sambaa K'e proposed protected area
{{Communities of Northwest Territories Communities in the Dehcho Region Dene communities Hudson's Bay Company trading posts Road-inaccessible communities of the Northwest Territories