We remember the coming of the white man / editors Sarah Stewart and Raymond Yakeleya ; authors Walter Blondin, Raymond Yakeleya, Sarah Stewart, Colette Poitras, Leanne Goose, Antoine Mountain, George Blondin and Dene elders ; foreword by Walter Blondin.

Stewart, Sarah, (author,, editor.). Yakeleya, Raymond, (author,, editor.). Poitras, Colette, (author.). Blondin, Walter, (author.). Goose, Leanne, (author.). Mountain, Antoine, (author.). Blondin, George, (author.).

Summary:

Chapters are transcripts of oral histories from the early twentieth century, by ten elders of the Dene people, about the early days of fur trading, guns, and missionaries; their dismay about the way oil and uranium discoveries and pipelines were handled on their land; and the emotional fallout of the signing of Treaty 11.

Record details

ISBN: 9781988824635
ISBN: 198882463X
Physical Description: xiii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm + 1 video disc (4 3/4 in.)
Edition: Special edition : in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 11.
Publisher: Calgary, Alberta, Canada : Durvile & UpRoute Books, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Companion DVD includes "We remember the coming of the white man" directed by Raymond Yakeleya, 1978. Remastered and produced in 2020.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface / Raymond Yakeleya -- Part I, Reflections. Foreward, Walter Blondin -- Treaty 11, Sarah Stewart -- We remember, Raymond Yakeleya -- The Dene nation / Sarah Stewart -- The Métis experience / Colette Poitras -- Part II, The elders remember. The elders / Elizabeth Yakeleya, Sarah Simon, Mary Wilson, Joe Blondin, John Blondin, Isadore Yukon, Johnny Kaye, Jim Edwards Sittichinli, Peter Thompson, Andrew Kunnizzi -- Early days -- Fur, guns, contact -- Family life -- Boat time -- Missionaries -- Oil discovery -- Treaty 11 -- The sickness -- Uranium -- First machines -- The mad trapper -- Canol road -- Mackenzie Valley pipeline -- Time of change -- Part III Stories from the people. Tutichak, Leanne Goose -- How the muskrat created the world / Antoine Mountain, Maurice Mendo -- The slingshot and the songbird / Raymond Yakeleya -- In the land of the Na?àcho / George Blondin -- The drums / George Blondin -- When the white people came / George Blondin -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- The spirit of nature series.
Language Note:	In English and Gwich'in.