| Wekweètì | |
| Settlement Type: | First Nation |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Northwest Territories#Canada |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northwest Territories |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | North Slave |
| Subdivision Name3: | Monfwi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Constituency |
| Subdivision Type4: | Census division |
| Leader Title: | Chief |
| Leader Name: | Charlie Football |
| Leader Title1: | Community Officer |
| Leader Name1: | Memory Murefu |
| Leader Title2: | MLA |
| Leader Name2: | Jane Weyallon Armstrong |
| Established Title: | Permanent community |
| Established Date: | 1962 |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 4 August 2005 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.70 |
| Elevation M: | 368 |
| Coordinates: | 64.1903°N -114.1828°W |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Total: | 129 |
| Population Density Km2: | 8.8 |
| Timezone: | MST |
| Utc Offset: | −07:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −06:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Canadian Postal code |
| Postal Code: | X0E 1W0 |
| Area Code: | 867 |
| Blank Name: | Telephone exchange |
| Blank Info: | 713 |
| Blank2 Name: | Prices |
| Blank3 Name: | - Food price index |
| Blank3 Info: | 144.8 |
| Footnotes: | Sources: Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre,[1] Canada Flight Supplement 2015 figure based on Yellowknife = 100[2] |
Wekweètì (; from the Dogrib language meaning "rock lakes"), officially the Tłı̨chǫ Community Government of Wekweètì[3] is a community in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.Wekweètì is a Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib Dene) aboriginal community and is located 195km (121miles) north of Yellowknife. It has no year-round road access but does have a winter ice road connection; the majority of transportation to and from the community is through the Wekweètì Airport. Wekweètì is the closest community to the Ekati Diamond Mine on the border with Nunavut. Wekweètì is part of the Tlicho Government.[4]
The area is within the traditional territory of the Tłı̨chǫ (Dogrib) First Nation and was a popular hunting camp prior to permanent settlement. In the 1960s, Dene elders around Behchokǫ̀ decided to return to the land and establish traditional camps in the bush. Wekweètì was established during this time, although in more recent years it too has become a modern community with essential services of its own. The community was formerly known as Snare Lake until 1 November 1998; prior to 4 August 2005 the community name used the spelling Wekweti.
Before 2005, the community was unincorporated, and local governance was provided by a First Nations band government, Dechi Laot'i First Nations. Under the terms of the Tłı̨chǫ Agreement, most responsibilities of Dechi Laot'i have been transferred to a new Wekweètì Community Government. However, Dechi Laot'i is still recognized by the federal government for Indian Act enrollment.
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Wekweètì had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 14.71km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[5]
The majority of the population are First Nations and languages are Dogrib and English.
Alexis Arrowmaker School is Wekweètì's Elementary/Junior School and was rebuilt in 1994.[6] The school is named after Alexis Arrowmaker, one of the signers of Treaty 11. The community has a store, Hozila Naedik'e General Store,[7] a ten-bed hotel/lodge, Wekweeti Hotel/Snare Lake Lodge,[8] a health centre, a community learning centre but no Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment.[9]
Wekweeti has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with mild to warm summers with cool nights and long, severely cold winters.