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Title

Yeenoo dài' k'è'tr'ijilkai' ganagwaandaii = Long ago sewing we will remember : the story of the Gwich'in Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project / Judy Thompson, Ingrid Kritsch.

Author

Thompson, Judy, 1946-

Publication

Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Kritsch, Ingrid, 1954-
• Canadian Museum of Civilization

Description

xii, 61 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 col. map; 28 cm.

Summary

"Elegant, distinctively styled garments of white caribou hide once were a striking feature of Gwich'in culture. Clothing styles changed following contact with Europeans, however, and by the late nineteenth century low Gwich'in seamstresses made "old style" outfits. Within a few generations, as women no longer learned and passed on the skills involved, knowledge of this aspect of their culture was lost to the Gwich'in." "In February 2000, in partnership with the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre and the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC), the Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute initiated a project to "repatriate" the knowledge and skills involved in making a traditional summer clothing outfit through replication of a nineteenth century example from the CMC collection. More than forty seamstresses and many others in Gwich'in communities, and in the two museums, participated. Their work culminated in early 2003 with the completion of five beautiful reproduction outfits." "This book tells the story of this collaboration between two museums and the Gwich'in of Canada's Northwest Territories. It is richly illustrated - with historic and artifact photographs, garment pattern drawings, and images of the people, places and events central to the project. This will be a resource to all who are interested in Gwich'in cultural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• Mercury series
• Ethnology paper ; 143

Uniform Title

• Mercury series
• Ethnology paper ; 143.

Alternative Title

• Story of the Gwich'in Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project
• Long ago sewing we will remember

Subject

• Gwich'in Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project
• Gwich'in Indians > Clothing
• Gwich'in Indians > Social life and customs
• Indian leatherwork > Northwest Territories
• Gwich'in (Indiens) > Costume
• Gwich'in (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes
• Maroquinerie indienne d'Amérique > Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Gwich'in beadwork
• Northwest Territories > Social life and customs

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).

Language (note)

• Summary in French.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0660195089
• 9780660195087

OCLC

• 61700431
• SCSB-13427881

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library