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Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Dakelh (Carrier)

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Dakelh territory comprises approximately 76,000 km2 in the Interior Plateau region of British Columbia, bounded on the east by the Rocky Mountains, in the north by the Omineca Mountains, and to the west by the Pacific Coast. In the 2016 census, 7,810 people claimed to have Dakelh ancestry. 

Hudson, Douglas. "Dakelh (Carrier)". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 05 October 2018, Historica Canada