Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí dań kwánje nààtsat = Kluane Lake Country people speak strong

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"With generosity, diligence and deep commitment to their community, Elders from Lhù'ààn Mân Keyi (Kluane First Nation) recorded oral histories about their lives in the southwest Yukon. They shared wisdom, stories and songs passed down from grandparents, aunties and uncles, in Dań kʼe (Southern Tutchone, Kluane dialect) and English. This years-long project arose from the Elders' desire for their children and future generations to know the fou...

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ISBN:

9781773272061
1773272063

Description:

376 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Kluane Lake Country people speak strong

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references and index
Text in English, with some text in Dań kʼe (Southern Tutchone, Kluane dialect)

Contents:

Council message
Elders council message
Youth council message
Turning memories into a book
A note on language
History of Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí (Kluane Lake Country)
The ways of our ancestors
Kwäday Dań (long-ago people): 10,000 years before present to 1700s
Guch'àn (other people) come to our land: 1740s-1890s
The Klondike gold rush and building Burwash Landing: 1896-1940
The Andover-Harvard expedition: 1948
The Alaska Highway brings troubled times: 1942-1972
Kwäday Dań Jennth'à (hearing our elders, reclaiming our lands and our lives): 1970s-2003
Kluane First Nation self-government: 2003
Kwäday Dań Uye Kwànjì (our elders remember)
Tùlhàsèn (Lena Johnson): the plan was really good (1926)
Gushàka (Grace Margaret Johnson): living the old ways (1929)
Kändhäda (Dorothy Johnson): learn from your parents (1934)
Koołseen (Hank Jacquot): I'll tell you a story (1934)
Shakwàǹche (Kluane Martin): it was challenging sometimes (1935)
Louise Bouvier : coming home to Kluane (1937)
Dän Ju Däjel (Peter Johnson): mountain hunting man (1937)
Jèdàlįmą (Agnes Johnson): life has changed so much (1943)
Dennis Dickson : I went all over to work in my life (1943)
Gûdia Shäw, A Nàch'adǹch'ea (Mary Easterson): good teaching from our elders and community (1945)
Doug Sias : just really good people (1952)
Sulkajunaghraw (Maureen Gloria Johnson): following Grandma-Tsal KàJana (Gopher Lady, Copper Lily) (1952)
Gùdía (Sharon Kabanak): Lhù'ààn Mân Yu Nìínje (where I come from) (1953)
Salkaaya (Bertha Doris): my traditions are still in my heart (1954)
Keith Johnson : we were always working (1954)
Gùdia Mary Jane Johnson : it needs to be done, you do it (1955)
Alyce Johnson : teachings from our trails (1955)
Da Kwäthala mą (Joyce Johnson-Albert): the strength of Grandma kept us going (1956)
Ernest Martin : lessons from Grandma Grace (1958)
Antera (Joe Bruneau): you're never too old to learn (1947)
Sandy Johnson : there's a lot going on here (1947)
David Dubois : kluane-beautiful land, beautiful people (1949)
Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí Dań Kwánje Nààtsat (Kluane Lake Country people speak strong)
Acknowledgements
Notes
Selected bibliography
Index

Control Number:

3273399

Other Authors:

Kluane First Nation, author

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