The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories

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the people of denendeh The People of Denendeh ETHNOHISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF CANADA’S NORTHWEST TERRITORIES June Helm with contributions by Teresa S. Carterette and Nancy O. Lurie University of Iowa Press iowa city University of Iowa Press, Iowa City 52242 Copyright
2000 by the University of Iowa Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Ellen McKie http://www.uiowa.edu/⬃uipress No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of material used in this book. The publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. The publication of this book was generously supported by the University of Iowa Foundation. Photographs without credit lines are by the author. Printed on acid-free paper library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Helm, June, 1924– The people of Denendeh: ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada’s Northwest Territories / by June Helm; with contributions by Teresa S. Carterette and Nancy O. Lurie. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-87745-735-2 (cloth) 1. Athapascan Indians—Northwest Territories—History. 2. Athapascan Indians—Northwest Territories—Social life and customs. 3. Ethnohistory—Northwest Territories. 4. Northwest Territories—Social life and customs. I. Carterette, Teresa S. II. Lurie, Nancy Oestreich. III. Title. e99.a86 h45 2000 971.92004972—dc21 00-034392 00 01 02 03 04 c 5 4 3 2 1 To TERESA S. CARTERETTE & NANCY O. LURIE and the memory of LOUIS NORWEGIAN & VITAL THOMAS Teresa Carterette, Jean Marie River, 1952. Nancy Lurie, Lac la Martre, 1959. Louis Norwegian (1907–77), Jean Marie River, 1952. Vital Thomas (1904–90), Rae, 1962. ...