The Traditional Fishery on Deh Cho: An Ethnohistoric and Archaeological Perspective

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hanks, Christopher C., Winter, Barbara J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Acculturation; Artifacts; Fishing; Floods; Food preservation; History; Ice scouring; Indian archaeology; Indians; Traditional knowledge; Land use; Native peoples; Rivers; Social change; Subsistence; Fort Good Hope; N.W.T; Mackenzie River region; Mackenzie River; Tulita; Willowlake River; Fleuve Mackenzie; Indian; Mackenzie Valley; Arctic; Dogrib; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64572

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...