Burnt Snow
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Burnt Snow

My Years Living and Working with the Dene of the Northwest Territories

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eBook - ePub

Burnt Snow

My Years Living and Working with the Dene of the Northwest Territories

About this book

In northern Canada, there is a way of life that has been vanishing before our very eyes-and is continuing to disappear at an alarming pace. Life in the North is undergoing incredible changes, and yet the people of the North, cling onto every vestige of that old life that they can.

The author, an Irish Immigrant, who for five years was partially raised by a Metis family in Winnipeg, heads North in a soul searching mission to find himself and his place in life. The reflections of his encounters with some of the leading figures of the North are quite humorous and consequential in the later development of the North.

He describes the Indigenous Elders who would influence him in countless ways, and how their teachings are later, the source of northern survival in otherwise seemingly impossible situations. This book reflects the people of that time, and their lifestyle of living off the land in total independence and their incredible life-skills of survival.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Title Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Heading to the Northwest Territories
  9. Tom Dornbross
  10. Working at the Gold Mine
  11. Founding of Rae Lakes: Gamèti
  12. My First Days in Rae Lakes
  13. Life in Rae Lakes
  14. Rae Lakes: Memorable Individuals
  15. Hislop Lake: K’Eàgotì
  16. Put To the Test
  17. Jimmy Lacorde: Teacher
  18. Jimmy Lacorde: Survivor
  19. The Ice Storm
  20. Camping On the Hunt
  21. Legends of Edzo
  22. The Changeling
  23. Hunting in the Barrenlands
  24. A Gifted Story
  25. The Joker: Dzèhkw’ii
  26. Nàhga: The Bushman
  27. Handball Game: Gohzìi
  28. Cambridge Bay
  29. Rae Lakes Community Hall
  30. Rae Lakes Airport
  31. Hottah Lake Yqhtsik’e
  32. What Happened to Bear Lake Alexie?
  33. Fort Franklin: Deline
  34. Charlie Neyelle
  35. Don’t Burn the Snow
  36. Fort Franklin to Rae Lakes
  37. A Community Hunt and A Dog Called Jesus
  38. Making Connections
  39. Steel Space Industries
  40. If Ravens Could Talk
  41. Bear Lake Alexie Comes to Hay River
  42. Chief Dan’s Dilemma
  43. Buffalo River
  44. Hay River Reserve’s Dream Bus
  45. Raft Race
  46. The Inquisitive One
  47. Hay River to Fort Simpson
  48. Fort Simpson and Hay River in 1977
  49. The Horn Plateau Experience
  50. Akaitcho
  51. My Mother Saved My Life
  52. Black Duck Camp: Whǫ̀ Sìiwekǫ̀ǫ̀
  53. A Traditional Marriage
  54. Dog Island
  55. The Emergence of a Strong Leader
  56. Brother Gosselin
  57. Joseph Rabesca: K’aadee Susie
  58. A New Beginning
  59. Acknowledgements
  60. Glossary
  61. Other Northern Canadiana from Hancock House
  62. Back Cover