Research Catalog

Title

People of the lakes : stories of our Van Tat Gwich'in elders = googwandak nakhwach'ànjòo Van Tat Gwich'in / Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation & Shirleen Smith.

Publication

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Shirleen, 1953-
• Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.

Description

lxii, 391 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports.; 26 cm.

Summary

"Many people have a mental picture of the Canadian north that juxtaposes beauty with harshness. For the Van Tat Gwich'in, the northern Yukon is home, with a living history passed on from elders to youth. This book consists of oral accounts that the Elders have been recording for 50 years, representing more than 150 years of their history, all meticulously translated from Gwich'in. Yet this is more than a gathering of history; collaborator Shirleen Smith provides context for the stories, whether they are focused on an individual or international politics. Anthropologists, folklorists, ethnohistorians, political scientists, economists, members of First Nations, and readers interested in Canada's northernmost regions will find much to fascinate them."--Pub. desc.

Alternative Title

• Googwandak nakhwach'ànjòo Van Tat Gwich'in
• Googwandak nakhwach'ànjòo Van Tat Gwich'in

Subject

• Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation > Biography
• Première nation des Gwitchin Vuntut > Biographies
• Vuntut Gwich'in Indians > Yukon > History
• Vuntut Gwich'in Indians > Yukon > Biography
• Elders (Native peoples) > Yukon > Interviews
• Oral history > Yukon
• Vuntut Gwich'in (Indiens) > Yukon > Histoire
• Vuntut Gwich'in (Indiens) > Yukon > Biographies
• Autochtones > Anciens > Yukon > Entretiens
• Histoire orale > Yukon

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364) and index.

Language (note)

• Includes glossary in English and Gwich'in.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Joseph Linklater, Chief, Vuntut Gwitchin -- Preface : A note on the structure of the research and book -- Introduction / Van Tat Gwich'in oral history -- Long-ago stories : Yeenoo d'ài' googwandak -- The first generation : The 19th century -- The second generation : Early 20th century -- The oral history of today : Van Tat Gwich'in commentary on the past, present, and future -- Glossary : Gwich'in to English; English to Gwich'in [First Nations, Native or Aboriginal peoples].

ISBN

• 9780888645050 (pbk.)
• 0888645058 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010293440

OCLC

• 429601344
• SCSB-10992201

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library