Sekani is the name of an Athabaskan First Nations

First Nations

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 people in the Northern Interior of British Columbia

British Columbia

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. Their territory includes the Finlay and Parsnip River drainages of the Rocky Mountain Trench

Rocky Mountain Trench

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. The neighbors of the Sekani are the Babine

Babine

In its broader sense, Babine refers to the Athabascan Indians who speak the Babine dialect of the Babine-Witsuwit'en language in the vicinity of the Babine River, Babine Lake, Trembleur Lake, and Takla Lake in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada....

 to the west, Dakelh

Dakelh

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 to the south, Dunneza (Beaver)

Dunneza

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 to the east, and Kaska

Kaska

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 and Tahltan

Tahltan

Tahltan refers to a Northern Athabaskan people who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut.-Social Organization:...

, to the north, all Athabaskan peoples. In addition, due to the westward spread of the Plains Cree in recent centuries, their neighbors to the east now include Cree communities.

Sekani people call their language [tsek'ene] or [tθek'ene] depending on dialect, which appended with "Dene" (meaning people),
means "people on the rocks".