Dettah
Dettah
Tʼèɂehdaà | |
|---|---|
Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) | |
Dettah Dettah | |
| Coordinates: 62°24′40″N 114°18′30″W / 62.41111°N 114.30833°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Northwest Territories |
| Region | North Slave Region |
| Territorial electoral district | Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh |
| Census division | Region 6 |
| Government | |
| • Chief | Ernest Betsina |
| • Councillors | Anastassia Judas, Peter Crookedhand, Mary Rose Sundberg, Rosanna Sangris, & Liza Charlo-Pieper |
| • MLA | Richard Edjericon |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1.12 km2 (0.43 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 179 m (587 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 192 |
| • Density | 171.9/km2 (445/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−07:00 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
| Canadian Postal code | |
| Area code | 867 |
| Telephone exchanges | 444 445 446 669 765 766 873 920 |
| Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Canada Flight Supplement | |
Dettah, sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah, is a First Nations community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a 6.5 km (4.0 mi) drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a 27 km (17 mi) drive via the Ingraham Trail, year-round. The name T'é?ehdaá means 'Burnt Point' in the Wíílíídeh dialect and was simplified to Dettah when non-Indigenous people could not pronounce it. The place was a common fishing spot for the Tetsǫ́tʼine (Yellowknives) people and is home to nearly 200 Indigenous people.