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Drum songs : glimpses of Dene history / Kerry Abel.
- Title
- Drum songs : glimpses of Dene history / Kerry Abel.
- Author
- Abel, Kerry M. (Kerry Margaret)
- Publication
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E99.T56 A2 1993x | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 339 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This book is intended to reconstruct some important moments in Dene history in order to answer the question of how these northern people have been able to maintain a sense of cultural distinctiveness in the face of economic, cultural and politcial pressures from European newcomers to their homelands in northern and western Canada.
- Series Statement
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history, 0846-8869 ; 15
- Uniform Title
- McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history 15.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-331) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- 1. When the Earth Was New -- 2. Life in the Eighteenth Century -- 3. The Stone House People -- 4. The New Traders -- 5. War Songs, 1821 to 1848 -- 6. Prophets, Priests, and Preachers -- 7. Trappers and Traders -- 8. In Witness Whereof -- 9. Canada and the Dene Nation: Economics -- 10. Canada and the Dene Nation: Society and Politics -- 11. Drum Songs.
- ISBN
- 0773509925 (bound) :
- 0773511504 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- cn^93090210^
- OCLC
- 28024564
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library