《The People of Denendeh》是2000年9月出版的圖書，作者是Helm, June。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The People of Denendeh
- 作者：Helm, June
- 出版時間：2000年9月
- 頁數：432 頁
- ISBN：9780773521452
- 定價：107.35 美元
內容簡介
For fifty years anthropologist June Helm studied the culture and ethnohistory of the Dene -- the People -- the Athapaskan-speaking Indians of the Mackenzie River drainage of Canada's western subarctic. In The People of Denendeh she brings together previously published essays -- with updated commentaries -- unpublished fieldnotes, archival documents, supplementary essays and notes from collaborators, and narratives by the Dene themselves. Helm begins with a broad-ranging, stimulating overview of the social organization of hunter-gatherer peoples of the world, past and present, that provides a background for all she has learned about the Dene. The chapters in part one focus on community and daily life among the Mackenzie Dene in the middle of the twentieth century. Part two moves from the early years of the twentieth century to the earliest contacts between Dene and white culture, ending with a look at the momentous changes in Dene-government relations in the 1970s. Part three considers traditional Dene knowledge, meaning, and enjoyments, including a chapter on the Dogrib hand game. Throughout, Helm's encyclopedic knowledge combines with her personal interactions to create a collection that is unique in its breadth and intensity.
