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Detailing the history of the aboriginal village of Iskut, British Columbia over the past 100 years, 'We Are Still Didene' examines the community's transition from subsistence hunting to wage work in trapping, guiding, construction, and service jobs. Using naturally occurring, extended transcripts of stories told by the group's hunters, Thomas McIlwraith explores how Iskut hunting culture and the memories that the Iskut share have been maintained orally. McIlwraith demonstrates the ways in which these stories challenge the idealized images of Aboriginals that underlie state-sponsored traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) studies. McIlwraith instead illuminates how these narratives are connected to the Iskut Village's complex relationships with resource extraction companies and the province of British Columbia, as well as their interactions with animals and the environment.
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Notes on Orthographic and Transcription Conventions | p. xv |
| Introduction: The Persistence of Hunting | p. 3 |
| Background | |
| Aboriginal Hunting in an Era of Traditional Ecological Knowledge | p. 11 |
| Iskut History and Hunting | p. 34 |
| Stories about Hunting and History | |
| "That Bloody Moose Got Up and Took Off': Food Animals and Traditional Knowledge | p. 55 |
| 'Rough Fading All Day': Work Animals and Guiding Work | p. 78 |
| Chief Louie's Speech at Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park | p. 102 |
| Everyday Talk about Hunting | p. 121 |
| Appendix | p. 131 |
| Notes | p. 135 |
| References | p. 151 |
| Index | p. 163 |
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ISBN: 9781442611733
ISBN-10: 1442611731
Series: Anthropological Horizons
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 172
Published: 15th October 2012
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.3
x 1.1
Weight (kg): 0.3
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