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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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The University of British Columbia
2014
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/184687 https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i183.184687 |
| 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. |
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