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Title:
Kwanlin Dün : dǎ kwǎndur ghày ghàkwadîndur = our story in our words.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1, [2020]
Physical Description:
312 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 30 cm
ISBN:
9781773270784
Abstract:
Tells the story of the peoples of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, from thousands of years ago to the present day. It includes traditional stories from long ago, told by Elders, about the origins of the world and the aftermath of a great flood, about "The Double Winter" and "The Girl Who Married the Bear." Several stories appear in Tlingit, Tagish, Northern Tutchone, or Southern Tutchone, to share these original languages of Kwanlin Dün with the next generation. The lives of early inhabitants of the Southern Yukon are imagined with reference to archaelogical finds and scientific understandings. Elders also share stories about the arrival of white people, about the Gold Rush days and the building of the Alaska Highway, and all the intense challenges that Kwanlin Dün faced. KDFN citizens recall the decades-long land claims struggle that culminated in the KDFN Final Agreements in 2005. And the many nation-building accomplishments since then are celebrated--with an eye to much success ahead.
Language:
English
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