The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories
by Helm, June

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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impressive collection she brings together previously published essays -- with updated commentaries where necessary -- unpublished field notes, archival documents, supplementary essays and notes from collaborators, and narratives by the Dene themselves as an offering to those studying North American Indians, hunter-gatherers, and subarctic ethnohistory and as a historical resource for the people of all ethnicities who live in Denendeh, Land of the Dene.

Helm begins with a broad-ranging, stimulating overview of the social organization of hunter-gatherer peoples of the world, past and present, that provides a background for all she has learned about the Dene. The chapters in part 1 focus on community and daily life among the Mackenzie Dene in the middle of the twentieth century. After two historical overview chapters, Helm moves from the early years of the twentieth century to the earliest contacts between Dene and white culture, ending with a took at the momentous changes in Dene-government relations in the 1970s. Part 3 considers traditional Dene knowledge, meaning, and enjoyments, including a chapter on the Dogrib hand game. Throughout, Helm's encyclopedic knowledge combines with her personal interactions to create a collection that is unique in its breadth and intensity.

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ISBN-10:	0773521461
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780773521469
Author:	Helm, June
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Size/Dimensions:	6x9.5
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The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territoriesby Helm, June

The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories
by Helm, June