Dakelh
Words & Meanings

Pronounced (DAH-kelh) The people of central interior BC, also known as Carrier (the colonial English name); the name means "people who travel by water"

Pronounced (HAH-hool) The hereditary name held by the keyohwhuduchun of the Maiyoo Keyoh, passed through the family lineage. The Hahul headdress takes its name from it.

Pronounced (KAY-oh) An ancestral family territory held and governed by the keyohwhuduchun across generations: the land, and the rights, responsibilities, and relationships that bind a family to it under Dakelh law.

Pronounced (KAY-oh-whuh-duh-chun) Literally "village tree"; the hereditary title holder of the keyoh, around whom the Snadneke gather, and the sole authority over the territory under Dakelh law.

"Red Earth" A landmark on the northern boundary of the Maiyoo Keyoh.

Pronounced (SNAD-neh-keh) The people of the keyoh - the extended family who belong to the land, by birth or marriage. Under Dakelh law, the keyoh and the Snadneke are one.

The ancient ancestral village at the heart of the Maiyoo Keyoh, and the burial ground of the Hahul Keyohwhuduchun.

"Beaver river" The Dakelh name for the river English maps call the Salmon River.

Pronounced (tsee-kus-DZ-eye) "That which sits on the head"; a headdress. The Hahul headdress is one specific tsik'usdzai - under Dakelh law it exemplifies the authority of the keyohwhuduchun over the Maiyoo Keyoh, handed down through the line.

Great Beaver Lake. (Tsa = beaver.)

"Where beaver water starts" The name of both Beaver Creek and the ancestral village at it.

"This is the way it has always been, and we hold it high above all else" A declaration of absolute and unwavering commitment; the name carried by the Maiyoo Keyoh IPCA and its Request for Permission protocol.