We Remember the Coming of the White Man: By Elizabeth Yakeleya, Sarah Simon and Other Saht? and Gwich'in Dene Elders

by Mary Wilson, Sarah Simon, Elizabeth Yakeleya

A work in progress since the 1970s, We Remember the Coming of the White Man chronicles the history of the Dene People in the extraordinary time of the early 20th century. Chapters are transcripts of oral histories of ten Elders and revolve around their recollections of the early days of fur trading, missionaries and the 1918 flu pandemic; dismay about the way oil and uranium discoveries and pipelines were handled on their land; and the emotional and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1988824249
• ISBN13: 9781988824246
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Uproute
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"