Status
Available
Call number
Call number
971.9 D44 1989
Collection
Local notes
Shelved in Aboriginal Collection
Description
This account of the discovery of the Mackenzie River, N.W.T. by Alexander Mackenzie in 1789 includes stories from the oral tradition of the Dene and excerpts from explorers' journals, with comparisons of native and white perspectives on the region (Denendeh), its people and the river (Dehcho). Includes a map of the western N.W.T. and Yukon showing Dene placenames, illustrations with captions in Gwich'in, North Slavey, South Slavey, Chipewyan and Dogrib, and photographs by Rene Fumoleau.
Genres
Publication
Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Dene Cultural Institute, [1989]
ISBN
0929120000 / 9780929120003