"The Dene people (/\u02C8d\u025Bne\u026A/ DEN-ay) (Den\u00E9) are an aboriginal group of First Nations who live in the northern boreal and Arctic regions of Canada. The Den\u00E9 speak Northern Athabaskan languages. Dene is the common Athabaskan word for \"people\" (Sapir 1915, p. 558). The term \"Dene\" has two usages."@en .