The Slavey (also Slave) are a First Nations aboriginal people of the Dene group, indigenous to the Great Slave Lake region, in Canada's Northwest Territories, and extending into northeastern British Columbia and northwestern Alberta.

This name was previously spelled in English as "Slave" but was changed to avoid confusion with the common noun referring to slavery. Likewise, in French the former name was Esclaves, literally meaning persons in servitude.

The confusion still exists with regard to the Slave River and Great Slave Lake, whose names are derived from the above, and whose spelling was not changed.

See also

• Slavey language
• Broken Slavey

Further reading

External links

• MNSU Slavey page
• An account of interactions between Slaveys and a white man named George Hunter

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