Dane-zaa Oral History: Why It's Not Hearsay ...
The Dane-zaa maintain a close connection to the human and non-human persons with whom they live through what I have called "narrative technology" and Amber Ridington describes as "oral curation." An oral history passed on from generation to generation describes people and events...
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BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly
2014
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i183.184687 https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/184687 |
| Summary: | The Dane-zaa maintain a close connection to the human and non-human persons with whom they live through what I have called "narrative technology" and Amber Ridington describes as "oral curation." An oral history passed on from generation to generation describes people and events that took place over a period of more than 200 years in considerable detail. The paper reviews literature relating to First Nations oral history in Canadian case law and presents several Dane-zaa narratives about pre-contact times and the early fur trade. I argue that Dane-zaa narrators should be viewed as oral historians in their own right and that their testimony meets the test of credibility and reliability set out by Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin. ... : BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly, No 183: Autumn 2014 ... |
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