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The people of Denendeh : ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories /

For fifty years anthropologist June Helm studied the culture and ethnohistory of the Dene, "The People," the Athapaskan-speaking Indians of the Mackenzie River drainage of Canada's western subarctic. Now in this impressive collection she brings together previously published essays - w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helm, June, 1924-
Otros Autores: Carterette, Teresa S. (Contribuidor), Lurie, Nancy Oestreich (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2000.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Horde, band, and tribe seen from Denendeh, an introduction
  • Part I: Community and Livelihood at Midcentury
  • 2. The Bush community and trading fort at midcentury
  • 3. The yearly round of the people of "Lynx Point," Jean Marie River, 1951-1952
  • 4. Fish consumption, rabbit uses, and caribou hunting among the Dogribs
  • 5. The security quest at "Lynx Point," Jean Marie River, 1951-1952
  • Part II: Looking back in time
  • 6. Changing times
  • 7. The contact history of the subarctic Aathapaskans: an overview
  • 8. Overview hearing at the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, 1975
  • 9. Moving back through the full fur and mission period
  • 10. Traditional leadership
  • 11. Female infanticide, European diseases, and population levels among the Mackenzie Dene
  • 12. Dogrib oral tradition as history: war and peace in the 1820s
  • 13. Earliest contacts
  • 14. Looking to the future
  • Part III: Being Dene
  • 15. Traditional knowledge and belief
  • 16. The Dogrib hand game
  • 17. Enjoyments and special times
  • 18. Being Dene.