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Dogrib
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Dog·rib  (dôgrb, dg-)
n. pl. Dogrib or Dog·ribs
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting an area between the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in the Northwest Territories of Canada.
b. A member of this people.
2. The Athabaskan language of this people.

[Translation of Cree atimospikay.]

Dogrib [ˈdɒgˌrɪb]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of a Dene Native Canadian people of northern Canada
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the Athapascan language of this people
[from Dogrib Thlingchadinne, dog's flank, referring to the people's belief that they are descended from a dog]


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Winter roads in the northern part of the territory haven't experienced the effects of global warming to the same extent, but the impact of climate change on the roads to the mines and the Tli Cho region near Yellowknife could be a harbinger of things to come.
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