Gwich’in Caribou anatomy and verbal art

The ethnopoetics of Gwich’in caribou anatomy rises out of our detailed compilation of more than one hundred fifty names for caribou bones, muscles, and internal organs. These names indicate that Gwich’in knowledge of caribou, accumulated over many centuries, is both systematic and precise. As it tur...

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Main Author: Mishler, Craig
Language:unknown
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/25265