Chipewyan Tribe - Chipewyan

Japanese: チペワイアン族 - チペワイアンぞく（英語表記）Chipewyan

The Athabascans are the largest Native American tribe in the Athabascan language group, living in a vast area along the Churchill River in northern Canada. Their population is estimated at about 5,000. They lived a nomadic life, following the seasonal migration of caribou, which was their most important food and living resource. In a society based on the survival of the fittest, strong men robbed the weak of their possessions and women, and women had a very low status and were forced to carry luggage, while the weak and elderly, who needed the care of others, were left to die. When the Hudson's Bay Company's fur trade became popular in 1717, they turned to fur hunting and also worked as fur brokers. A smallpox epidemic in 1781, followed by disease and malnutrition, combined with the decline of the fur trade, led to a decline in their population.

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Japanese:

カナダ北部チャーチル川沿いの広大な地域に住む，アサバスカン語系諸族中最大のアメリカインディアン。人口約 5000と推定される。食糧および生活用資源として最も大切なカリブーの季節的移動に合せて移動生活をおくっていた。弱肉強食の社会で，力のある男性は弱い者から持物や女性を奪い，女性の地位はきわめて低く荷物運びなどを強いられ，また他人の世話を要する弱者と老人は，放置され死にいたらしめられた。 1717年ハドソン湾会社の毛皮交易が盛んになると，彼らは毛皮獣狩猟に転じ，毛皮の仲買人としても活躍した。 81年の天然痘の流行と，続く病気や栄養不良に毛皮交易の凋落が重なり人口が減少した。

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