Dehcho : "mom, we've been discovered!"
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0929120000
ISBN 13
9780929120003
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
1989
Publisher
Dene Cultural Institute, United States
Pages
48
Subject
Dene
Tags
Abstract
"This account of the discovery of the Mackenzie River, N.W.T. by Alexander Mackenzie in 1789 includes stories from the oral tradition of the Dene and excerpts from explorers' journals, with comparisons of native and white perspectives on the region (Denendeh), its people and the river (Dehcho). Includes a map of the western N.W.T. and Yukon showing Dene placenames, illustrations with captions in Gwich'in, North Slavey, South Slavey, Chipewyan and Dogrib, and photographs by Rene Fumoleau."--WorldCat.org.
Description
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 x 28 cm.
Biblio Notes
Contents:
The creation of Dehcho, the big river --
At the beginning of time --
A Dene discovers the white man --
Going down the Dehcho in the year 1789, B.C. --
Legends of the big river --
The Dene logo and the legend of Yamoria --
Kis-ca-che-wan --
Mackenzie met some Dene upstream of Tulit'a [Fort Norman] on July 5, 1789 --
Dene hospitality --
Dene of the Hare tribe and Mackenzie met on July 7 and 8, 1789 --
The voyageurs --
English chief --
Hunting, fishing and gathering --
Women --
The arrival of the French, about 1810 --
Le Gohlini --
Fur trade.
The creation of Dehcho, the big river --
At the beginning of time --
A Dene discovers the white man --
Going down the Dehcho in the year 1789, B.C. --
Legends of the big river --
The Dene logo and the legend of Yamoria --
Kis-ca-che-wan --
Mackenzie met some Dene upstream of Tulit'a [Fort Norman] on July 5, 1789 --
Dene hospitality --
Dene of the Hare tribe and Mackenzie met on July 7 and 8, 1789 --
The voyageurs --
English chief --
Hunting, fishing and gathering --
Women --
The arrival of the French, about 1810 --
Le Gohlini --
Fur trade.
Number of Copies
3
