Babine

Babine refers more broadly to any Athabaskan Indians, closely related to the carrier, the language of Dakelh, belonged to the Babine dialect group of the Babine - Witsuwit'en and near the Babine River, Lake Babines, Trembleurs Lake and Lake Taklas in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada, lived. Today, these include the Lake Babine Nation ( also called Nat'oot'en ​​nation ) as well as the Takla Lake First Nation ( formerly North Takla Lake Indian Band, Fort Connolly Indian Band, Sustutenne ).

Usually, however, only today's Lake Babine Nation is with Babine referred consisting of three municipalities: Fort Babine (originally Wit'at, about 100 full time residents ), Tachet (about 100 full time residents ) and Woyenne ( in addition to the village of Burns Lake approximately 800 full-time residents ).

The Lake Babine Nation emerged from a controversial merger process in the 1950s. This controversial process led to a separation movement in the municipality of Fort Babine. In fact, some residents of this community see as " Wit'at Nation".

The term Babine is of French origin and means " flute ", which leads back to the fact that contributed to the first discovery of fur traders Babinefrauen labrets ( lip piercings ). Although it is considered by some to be pejorative, they prefer the name Lake Babine Nation, because it emphasizes the connection of people to their original area around the lake of the same name.