Walking the Land, Feeding the Fire - Knowledge and Stewardship Among the Tlicho Dene

Informationen zum Autor Allice Legat is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Anthropology Department, University of Aberdeen, UK, and has recently been awarded the Roberta Bondar Fellowship, Trent University. Yellowknife, NWT, has been her home since 1986. Klappentext For the Tlicho Dene, indigenous peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories, as stories from the past unfold as experiences in the present, so unfolds a philosophy for the future. "Walking the Land, Feeding the Fire "vividly shows how--through stories and relationships with all beings--Tlicho knowledge is produced and rooted in the land. Anthropologist Allice Legat undertook this work at the request of Tlicho Dene community elders, who wanted to provide younger Tlicho with narratives that originated in the past but provide a way of thinking through current critical land-use issues. Zusammenfassung For the Tlicho Dene! indigenous peoples of Canada's Northwest Territories! as stories from the past unfold as experiences in the present! so unfolds a philosophy for the future. This shows how! through stories and relationships with all beings! Tlicho knowledge is produced and rooted in the land.

Product details

• Authors: Allice Legat, Allice/ Barnaby Legat
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2012
• EAN: 9780816530090
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-3009-0
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: First Peoples: New Directions; First Peoples: New Directions
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology