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Where Happiness Dwells: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations

Where Happiness Dwells: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations

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The Dane-zaa people have lived in BC’s Peace River area for thousands of years. Elders documented the people’s history and worldview in oral narratives and passed them on through storytelling. Language loss, however, threatens to break the bonds of knowledge transmission. At the request of the Doig River First Nation, anthropologists Robin and Jillian Ridington present a history of the Dane-zaa people based on oral histories collected over a half century of fieldwork. These powerful stories span the full length of history, from the story of creation to the fur trade, from the arrival of missionaries to modern land claim cases. Elders document key events as they explain the very nature of the universe. The Dane-zaa were one of the last nations to experience the effects of colonialism. Where Happiness Dwells not only preserves their traditional knowledge for future generations, it also tells the inspiring story of how they learned to succeed in the modern world.

Table of Contents:
Preface, with Linguistic Note and Pronunciation Guide Introduction: Trails of Time 1 The Dane-zaa Creation Story 2 Tsááyaa, the Culture Hero 3 Shin kaa, the Vision Quest 4 Archaeology, Prehistory, and Oral History 5 The Early Fur Trade 6 The Later Fur Trade and the Hudson’s Bay Company Killings 7 Priests and Dreamers 8 The First and Last Dreamers 9 Kinship and Community 10 The 1899 North West Mounted Police Census and Treaty 8 11 Seasonal Rounds in British Columbia and Alberta 12 The 1918 Flu Epidemic 13 Losing Suu Na chii k’chige, the Great Fire, and Petersen’s Crossing 14 The Place Where Happiness Dwells, Indian Reserve 172 15 Today and Tomorrow 16 Dane-zaa Stories and the Anthropological Literature Appendices Works Cited Acknowledgments Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780774822954
  • Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 420
  • Weight: 740 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0774822953
  • Publisher Date: 27 Feb 2013
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A History of the Dane-zaa First Nations
  • Width: 152 mm


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