Dettah
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dettah
| native_name = Tʼèɂehdaà
| native_name_lang = Wíílíídeh
| settlement_type = Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah)
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| image_skyline = Dettah sign.jpg
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| pushpin_map = Canada Northwest Territories#Canada
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Canada
| subdivision_type1 = Territory
| subdivision_name1 = Northwest Territories
| subdivision_type2 = Region
| subdivision_name2 = North Slave Region
| subdivision_type3 = Territorial electoral district
| subdivision_name3 = Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
| subdivision_type4 = Census division
| subdivision_name4 = Region 6
| leader_title = Chief
| leader_name = Ernest Betsina
| leader_title1 = Counilors
| leader_name1 = Anastassia Judas, Peter Crookedhand, Mary Rose Sundberg, Rosanna Sangris, & Liza Charlo-Pieper
| leader_title2 = MLA
| leader_name2 = Richard Edjericon
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| area_land_km2 = 1.12
| elevation_m = 179
| coordinates = {{coord|62|24|40|N|114|18|30|W|type:city_scale:10000_region:CA-NT|notes={{cite cgndb|id=LDAWW|name=Dettah}}|display=inline,title}}
| population_as_of = 2021
| population_total = 192
| population_density_km2 = 171.9
| timezone = MST
| utc_offset = −07:00
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = −06:00
| postal_code_type = Canadian Postal code
| postal_code = X1A
| area_code = 867
| blank_name = Telephone exchanges
| blank_info = 444 445 446 669 765 766 873 920
| footnotes = Sources:
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs,{{MACANT|dettah|Dettah|2017-10-29}}
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,{{cite web |url= http://www.pwnhc.ca/cultural-places/geographic-names/community-names/#4/65.98/-119.97 |title= Northwest Territories Official Community Names and Pronunciation Guide |website= Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre |publisher= Education, Culture and Employment, Government of the Northwest Territories |location= Yellowknife |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160113110003/http://www.pwnhc.ca/cultural-places/geographic-names/community-names/ |archive-date= 2016-01-13 |url-status= live |access-date= 2016-01-13}}
Canada Flight Supplement{{CFS}}
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Dettah,{{Pronunciation needed|date=March 2024}} sometimes spelled incorrectly as Detah,[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/we-ve-spelled-this-n-w-t-community-s-name-wrong-for-almost-50-years-1.5333769 We've spelled this N.W.T. community's name wrong for almost 50 years] is a First Nations[http://www.maca.gov.nt.ca/resources/Differences_in_Comm_Govt_Structure.pdf Differences in Community Government Structures] community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located just southeast of the capital of Yellowknife, it is a {{convert|6.5|km|abbr=on}} drive from that city by ice road across the north arm of Great Slave Lake in winter or a {{convert|27|km|abbr=on}} 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.
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada, Dettah recorded a population of 192 living in 79 of its 85 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:192-219}}|219|1}} from its 2016 population of 219. With a land area of {{cvt|1.12|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|192|1.12|km2|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000261 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), Northwest Territories | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=February 18, 2022}}
Both it and Ndilǫ are the communities of the Yellowknives. Dettah is represented by the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Dettah) and are part of the Akaitcho Territory Government.[http://nwt-tno.inac-ainc.gc.ca/mpf/stakehld/akaitgov_e.htm Indian and Northern Affairs Canada] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070611030418/http://nwt-tno.inac-ainc.gc.ca/mpf/stakehld/akaitgov_e.htm |date=2007-06-11 }}
{{Historical populations
| title = Federal census population history of Detah
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|1976|126
|1981|143
|1986|131
|1991|150
|1996|190
|2001|234
|2006|247
|2011|210
|2016|219
|2021|192
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| source = Statistics Canada
{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table.cfm?Lang=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=86&O=A&RPP=9999&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Northwest Territories) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=February 8, 2017 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/statcan/CS94-905-1981.pdf | title=1981 Census of Canada: Census subdivisions in decreasing population order | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=May 1992 | accessdate=February 1, 2021}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS92-101-1987.pdf | title=1986 Census: Population - Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=September 1987 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-304-1992.pdf | title=91 Census: Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1992 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2012/statcan/rh-hc/CS93-357-1997.pdf | title=96 Census: A National Overview - Population and Dwelling Counts | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=April 1997 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/amend.cfm | title=Population and Dwelling Count Amendments | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 4, 2012 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/hlt/97-550/Index.cfm?TPL=P1C&Page=RETR&LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=1&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data (Northwest Territories) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=August 20, 2021 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}{{cite web | url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=302&SR=1&S=51&O=A&RPP=9999&CMA=0&PR=61 | title=Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (Northwest Territories) | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=July 25, 2021 | accessdate=February 1, 2022}}
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{{Historical populations
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|2001|214
|2002|219
|2003|214
|2004|230
|2005|235
|2006|254
|2007|250
|2008|245
|2009|222
|2010|221
|2011|216
|2012|217
|2013|226
|2014|234
|2015|244
|2016|247
|2017|245
|2018|235
|2019|234
|footnote= Sources: NWT Bureau of Statistics (2008 - 2019),[https://www.statsnwt.ca/community-data/Profile-PDF/Dettah.pdf Dettah – Statistical Profile] at the GNWT NWT Bureau of Statistics (2001 - 2017)[https://www.statsnwt.ca/population/population-estimates/commtotals_2001-2017.xlsx Population Estimates By Community] from the GNWT
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Gallery
{{Gallery
|File:Dettah bear skin drying.jpg
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|Bear skin drying
|File:Dettah Kateri Tekakwitha church.jpg
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|Kateri Tekakwitha church
|File:Dettah government building.jpg
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|First Nation Band Office
|File:Kaw Tay Whee School.jpg
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|Kaw Tay Whee School
|File:GreatSlaveLakeAtDettahDSC00857-1.jpg
|alt5=
|The Great Slave Lake at Dettah
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Climate
Dettah has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with long, severely cold winters and short but mild, sometimes warm summers. Dettah and Yellowknife experience the sunniest springs and summers out of all of Canada's cities.
Weather records are from Yellowknife Airport, approximately {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Dettah.
{{Yellowknife weatherbox}}
References
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Further reading
- Northwest Territories, and BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. Communities and Diamonds Socio-Economic Impacts in the Communities of Behchoko, Gameti, Whati, Wekweeti, Detah, Ndilo, Lutsel Kʼe, and Yellowknife: 2005 Annual Report of the Government of the Northwest Territories Under the BHP Billiton, Diavik and De Beers Socio-Economic Agreements. [Yellowknife]: Govt. of the Northwest Territories, 2006.
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Dettah}}
{{Communities of Northwest Territories}}