We remember the coming of the white man (Spirit of nature)
Type
Other
Authors
ISBN 10
198882463X
ISBN 13
9781988824635
Category
General Library Collection
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Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Pages
272
Subject
Dene -- History
Tags
Dene -- Northwest Territories -- Economic conditions, Dene -- Northwest Territories -- History, Dene -- Northwest Territories -- Social conditions, Dene -- Northwest Territories -- Folklore, Dene -- Northwest Territories, Dene -- History, Dene -- Folklore, Dene, Sahtu Dene, Gwich'in, Métis, Northwest Territories, Treaty 11, Missionaries, Fur trade, Elders (Indigenous leaders), George Blondin -- 1922-2008, Documentary films, Oral histories, Kits
Abstract
"Chapters are transcripts of oral histories from the early twentieth century, by ten elders of the Dene people, about the early days of fur trading, guns, and missionaries; their dismay about the way oil and uranium discoveries and pipelines were handled on their land; and the emotional fallout of the signing of Treaty 11."--WorldCat.org.
Description
xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Preface, Raymond Yakeleya
Part I, Reflections
Foreword, Walter Blondin
Treaty 11, Sarah Stewart
We Remember Raymond Yakeleya
The Dene Nation, Sarah Stewart
The Metis Experience, Colette Poitras
Part II, The Elders Remember
The Elders
Early Days
Fur, Guns, First Contact
Family Life
Boat Time
Missionaries
Oil Discovery
Treaty 11
The Sickness
Uranium
First Machines
The Mad Trapper
Canol Road
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Time of Change
Part III Stories From the People
Tutichak, Leanne Goose
How the Muskrat Created the World
Antoine Mountain with Maurice Mendo
The Slingshot and the Songbird Raymond Yakeleya
In the Land of the Naʔácho, George Blondin
The Drums, George Blondin
When the White People Came, George Blondin
Acknowledgements
Authors
The Spirit of Nature Series.
Preface, Raymond Yakeleya
Part I, Reflections
Foreword, Walter Blondin
Treaty 11, Sarah Stewart
We Remember Raymond Yakeleya
The Dene Nation, Sarah Stewart
The Metis Experience, Colette Poitras
Part II, The Elders Remember
The Elders
Early Days
Fur, Guns, First Contact
Family Life
Boat Time
Missionaries
Oil Discovery
Treaty 11
The Sickness
Uranium
First Machines
The Mad Trapper
Canol Road
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline
Time of Change
Part III Stories From the People
Tutichak, Leanne Goose
How the Muskrat Created the World
Antoine Mountain with Maurice Mendo
The Slingshot and the Songbird Raymond Yakeleya
In the Land of the Naʔácho, George Blondin
The Drums, George Blondin
When the White People Came, George Blondin
Acknowledgements
Authors
The Spirit of Nature Series.
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