People group profile · PG043367
The Dakelh of Canada
The Dakelh of Canada, numbering about 10,500 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Central Interior British Columbia people known to themselves as people who travel by boat, whose name in English derives from the widow's practice of carrying a deceased husband's bones during a year of mourning.
They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak Carrier.
Fast facts
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 10,500
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- North American Indigenous
- Primary language
- Carrier (crx)
- Primary religion
- Protestantism
- Strategic Progress Index ?
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 10% or Greater but Less than 15%
- GSEC ?
- 10% or Greater Evangelical
- Lostness priority ?
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Also known as
- Carrier
- Region
- Northern America, Americas
- Location
- British Columbia province: Stuart and Trembleur lake area
Where they live
Gospel status
The Dakelh are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 10% evangelical.
- Congregations exist Yes
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Dakelh
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Protestantism · Christianity
Primary language
Carrier · Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit family
15% speak Carrier
Gospel resources in Carrier
- Bible available, published 2024
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Bibles
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Dakelh
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
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