Inquiry: Takhelne/Gaelic link?

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Date:  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 22:23:08 -0500
From:  <colkitto at sprint.ca>
Subject:  Takhelne Indian/Gaelic Link

Several years ago (late seventies/early eighties)  Barry Fell (author of
America BC) seems to have suggested that "the vocabulary and grammar of a
group of Carrier Indians in BC (Takhelne) ... is a Creole Celtic tongue
related to Gaelic."

Does anyone know if this suggestion came to anything (including debunking!)?

Thanks in advance,

Robert Orr