Sifton Range

Nambǖr – (knife) – Sifton Range

Nàmbǖr looking south

Nàmbǖr — Sifton Range

Łu Shäwä Mǟn with Nàmbǖr in background

Southern Tutchone

Kwädą̄y ch’äw dän ä’ų̀ Łu Shäwa ts’än yè Chu Yäna ts’än shų Nambǖr kay łänàjèl kwäch’e nà. Kanday yè mbay ka łänàjèl. Tsäl ka shų łänàjèl.

English

Nambǖr is a very prominent mountain range located immediately south of Łu Shäwa (52-Mile Lake) and east of the Hutshi valley. It has long been a favored hunting area for the Southern Tutchone people. Sheep and moose are found there as well as smaller game such as gophers.

The name is not easily translated, although the stem “-mbǖr” suggests the Southern Tutchone word for knife, mbür.

Did you know?

In English, the entire mountain range bears the name of Clifford Sifton, Canadian Minister of the Interior (1896-1906), who set up the government apparatus of the Yukon Territory in 1897-98.