We Remember the Coming of the White Man
Dene Elders Tell the History of Their Times
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Narrated by:
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Leanne Goose
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Trent Agecoutay
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Lorene Shyba
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Colette Poitras
A work in progress since the 1970s, We Remember the Coming of the White Man chronicles the history of the Sahtú (Mountain Dene) and Gwinch’in People in the extraordinary time of the early 20th century. Chapters are transcripts of oral histories by 10 Elders about their recollections of the early days of fur trading, guns, and flu pandemic; dismay about the way oil and uranium discoveries and pipelines were handled on their land; and the emotional and economic fallout of the signing of Treaty 11.
©2020 Raymond Yakeleya (P)2020 Durvile Publications Ltd.Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
“Our traditional knowledge is recorded in the stories of our ancestors since time immemorial. In this book, you will read our oral history and traditions that are our Dene parables, used to guide ourselves and our People.” (Dene National Chief Norman Yakeleya)
“With rare mastery of his film-making craft, Dene story-teller Raymond Yakeleya carries on in this book, bringing a former and still ever-present world of wolf, bear and raven ik’o, medicine, magic and mystery to LIFE, to modern meaning.” (Antoine Mountain, author of From Bear Rock Mountain: The Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor)