Tse'khene

Tse'khene pl (plural only)

1. Alternative form of Sekani (people).
   • 2022 February 24, The Canadian Press, “Proposed sale of forest tenure to B.C. First Nations offers hope to hard-hit forestry town”, in CBC News‎^[1]:

     "This purchase represents an important opportunity for us to continue our work toward economic stability and prosperity for our members, communities and business partners, all while ensuring careful and responsible stewardship of our sacred environment in accordance with our Tse'khene laws, customs and traditional knowledge," added Chief Harley Chingee of the McLeod Lake Indian Band.

   • 2023 July 10, Ben Parfitt, “A First Nation’s Aggressive Logging Has Some Members ‘Heartbroken’”, in The Tyee‎^[2]:

     “When I went out there both times, my heart was crying out for the land. I just felt at a loss, really. As a Tse’khene member, I feel a deep connection to the land. It was heartbreaking,” Solonas said.

Tse'khene

1. Alternative form of Sekani (language).
   • 2023 July 10, Ben Parfitt, “A First Nation’s Aggressive Logging Has Some Members ‘Heartbroken’”, in The Tyee‎^[3]:

     Duz Cho, in the Tse’khene language, means “big timber” or big wood, and was the name given to the company when it was formed in 1988.

   • 2025 June 26, Susan Nerberg, “There’s an app for that: Inside the technological battle to save Indigenous languages”, in The Globe and Mail:

     What’s more, there is not a single Indigenous language in Canada that is not at risk, with the level of peril going from vulnerable (when a given language is still “used by some children in all domains” or “by all children in some domains”) to definitely, severely and critically endangered (when only a few Elder speakers remain). On the critically endangered list are Haida and Tse’khene/Sekani, both with as few as a dozen speakers. But even Cree, which includes various regional dialects and has more than 86,000 speakers, is considered vulnerable. (“Cree” is the colonial name for these languages and peoples.)