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Where happiness dwells : a history of the Dane-zaa First Nations / Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington in collaboration with Elders of the Dane-zaa First Nations.

Ridington, Robin. (Author). Ridington, Jillian, 1936- (Added Author).

Summary:

"The Dane-zaa people have lived in the Peace River area of northern British Columbia for thousands of years. Elders documented the people's history and worldview in oral narratives and passed on their knowledge through storytelling. Language loss in the youngest generation, 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. Taking a poetic form that does justice to the rhythm of Dane-zaa storytelling, these powerful stories span the full length of history, from the story of creation to the fur trade, from the arrival of missionaries to cases heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. Elders document key events as they explain the very nature of the universe and how people and animals learned to live together on the land. These oral histories, told by one of the last First Nations to experience the effects of colonialism, not only preserve traditional knowledge for future generations, they also tell the inspiring story of how the Dane-zaa learned to succeed in the modern world."--Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0774822953
  • ISBN: 9780774822954
  • ISBN: 0774822961
  • ISBN: 9780774822961
  • Physical Description: xvi, 402 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Vancouver ; UBC Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also issued in electronic format.

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Subject:
Tsattine Indians > Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.) > History.
Tsattine Indians > Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.) > Interviews.
Oral tradition > Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.)
Oral history > Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.)
Doig River First Nation.
Blueberry River First Nation.

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