ARCTIC The Traditional Fishery on Deh Cho:

ABSTRACT. Dene use of the resources of Deh Cho, the preferred Slavey name for the Mackenzie River, in the late pre-contact and early post-contact periods is not well understood. This paper examines the archaeological record of the Mackenzie Valley in relation to a model of Native use of the river, b...

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Main Authors: An Ethnohistoric, Archaeological Perspective, Christopher C. Hanks, Barbara J. Winter
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.531.7511 2023-05-15T14:19:44+02:00 ARCTIC The Traditional Fishery on Deh Cho: An Ethnohistoric Archaeological Perspective Christopher C. Hanks Barbara J. Winter The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1990 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.531.7511 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic44-1-47.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.531.7511 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic44-1-47.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic44-1-47.pdf text 1990 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T10:38:34Z ABSTRACT. Dene use of the resources of Deh Cho, the preferred Slavey name for the Mackenzie River, in the late pre-contact and early post-contact periods is not well understood. This paper examines the archaeological record of the Mackenzie Valley in relation to a model of Native use of the river, based upon Alexander Mackenzie’s observations on the exploitation of the fishery at the first direct contact between Europeans and the Dene along Deh Cho. Use of archaeological data, ethnographic analogy and later historic sources provokes the conclusion that Dene land and river resource use did not drastically change as a result of European contact and the fur trade. Key words: Slavey, Dogrib, Hare, Dene, Athapaskan, fish, Mackenzie River, traditional harvesting, ethnoarchaeology, ethnohistory &SUMfi. On a peu de documentation sur l’utilisation par l a Dtnts des ressources de Deh Cho- le nom que les Slaveys prtfkrent donner au fleuve Mackenzie- durant la ptriode prktdant immkdiatement le contact avec les Europkens et celle lui faisant immtdiatement suite. Cet article se penche sur le pass6 archblogique de la vallk du Mackenzie en rapport avec un modble de l’utilisation autochtone du fleuve, en s’appuyant sur les observations d’Alexander Mackenzie concernant l’exploitation des eher ies lors du premier contact direct entre les Europkns et les Dtnts le long de Deh Cho. L‘utilisation de donntes archblogiques, d’analogie ethnographique et de sources historiques plus tardives permet de conclure que l’utilisation des ressources de la terre et du fleuve par les Dents n’a pas changt de facon dramatique B la suite du contact avec les Europtens et du commerce des fourrures. Mots clts: Slavey, Dogrib, Hare, D M, Athapaskan, poisson, fleuve Mackenzie, collecte traditionnelle pour la subsistance, ethnoarchtologie, ethnohistoire ’Raduit pour le journal par Ntsida Loyer. Text Arctic Arctic Dogrib Mackenzie river Mackenzie Valley Unknown Arctic Fleuve Mackenzie ENVELOPE(-133.906,-133.906,69.350,69.350) Les Dents ENVELOPE(-70.967,-70.967,-68.950,-68.950) Mackenzie River Mackenzie Valley ENVELOPE(-126.070,-126.070,52.666,52.666)
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description ABSTRACT. Dene use of the resources of Deh Cho, the preferred Slavey name for the Mackenzie River, in the late pre-contact and early post-contact periods is not well understood. This paper examines the archaeological record of the Mackenzie Valley in relation to a model of Native use of the river, based upon Alexander Mackenzie’s observations on the exploitation of the fishery at the first direct contact between Europeans and the Dene along Deh Cho. Use of archaeological data, ethnographic analogy and later historic sources provokes the conclusion that Dene land and river resource use did not drastically change as a result of European contact and the fur trade. Key words: Slavey, Dogrib, Hare, Dene, Athapaskan, fish, Mackenzie River, traditional harvesting, ethnoarchaeology, ethnohistory &SUMfi. On a peu de documentation sur l’utilisation par l a Dtnts des ressources de Deh Cho- le nom que les Slaveys prtfkrent donner au fleuve Mackenzie- durant la ptriode prktdant immkdiatement le contact avec les Europkens et celle lui faisant immtdiatement suite. Cet article se penche sur le pass6 archblogique de la vallk du Mackenzie en rapport avec un modble de l’utilisation autochtone du fleuve, en s’appuyant sur les observations d’Alexander Mackenzie concernant l’exploitation des eher ies lors du premier contact direct entre les Europkns et les Dtnts le long de Deh Cho. L‘utilisation de donntes archblogiques, d’analogie ethnographique et de sources historiques plus tardives permet de conclure que l’utilisation des ressources de la terre et du fleuve par les Dents n’a pas changt de facon dramatique B la suite du contact avec les Europtens et du commerce des fourrures. Mots clts: Slavey, Dogrib, Hare, D M, Athapaskan, poisson, fleuve Mackenzie, collecte traditionnelle pour la subsistance, ethnoarchtologie, ethnohistoire ’Raduit pour le journal par Ntsida Loyer.
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