554 • REVIEWS END-OF-EARTH PEOPLE: THE ARCTIC SAHTU
on documenting his personal experiences of life and travel during the last half of the 20th century in the Northwest Territories (Brown, 1966, 1999, 2007), this time he turns his attention to the Dene residents of Colville Lake, with whom he lived for more than 60 years. Speaking a dialect of the At...
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| Summary: | on documenting his personal experiences of life and travel during the last half of the 20th century in the Northwest Territories (Brown, 1966, 1999, 2007), this time he turns his attention to the Dene residents of Colville Lake, with whom he lived for more than 60 years. Speaking a dialect of the Athapaskan language called Slavey-Hare, the people of Colville Lake are sometimes referred to as Delágot’ıne, or “end-of-the-earth people. ” They are related to the K’ashogot’ine of nearby Fort Good Hope and are one of the communities composing the larger regional political entity, the Sahtu Dene. The main body of the book consists of 14 brief chapters on various aspects of Dene life: history, social practices and beliefs, language, habitation, subsistence, crafts, and other subjects. These chapters focus primarily on Colville Lake |
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