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"The Dene Dháa traditionally believe that long ago all the animals talked and lived like humans. Two Animal People stand out in their stories: Wolf and Wolverine. Wolf often helps people in Dene myth and is respected by many traditional Dene who will not trap wolves for fur. Wolverine is a trickster and cultural transformer. Although the relationship between humans and wolverines may often be antagonistic since wolverines destroy traps and ruin belongings, in these stories, Wolverine also has great powers of healing and transformation. One storyteller said that Wolverine's "tracks go on and on, back to the time before people were living here." These stories lead the reader back to that time.

Historically, stories were considered as valuable possessions and Dene storytellers are part of a well established oral tradition. These stories collected by the Dene Wodih Society come from religious leaders, respected elders, and authorities on Dene tradition.

The Dene Dháa, a group of Athapaskan-speaking natives, also known as the Slave or Slavey Indians, occupy three reserves in the northwestern Alberta. Because their settlements were until recently dispersed and isolated, they have maintained their language and traditions. Recorded in Dene language with literal interlinear English glosses and in a free English translation, this collection of stories represents a major contribution to the documentation of the Dene language, ethnography and folklore."--Book jacket. 

xxv, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.