Northwest Territories

Yamǫ́rıa: The One Who Travels

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
Description

Yamǫ́rıa was a powerful man who helped the ancient Dene by destroying giant animals, separating animals from humans, and giving laws to enable the people to live together in harmony.

Website contains links to biographies of Dene Elders and recorded stories by them and Dene legends, laws and artwork.

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Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors

Alternate Title
Yellowknives Dene Leader Gets Respect From All Sectors [Yellowknives Dene First Nation Leader Darrell Beaulieu Receives an Economic Developer Recognition Award]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 7, November 2000, p. 37
Description

Brief profile of Yellowknives Dene leader Darrell Beaulieu, chief executive officer of Deton'Cho Corporation, who received the 2000 Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) award.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.37.

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You Had to be There

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Patricia Dewar
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 1994, pp. [20]-29
Description
Presents contrasting views, between the Inuit and early ethnographers, on the ancient drum dance and its meaning. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.
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The Yukon Relief Expedition and the Journal of Carl Johan Sakariassen; Arctic Justice: On Trial for Murder, Pond Inlet, 1923; Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Collings
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 85, no. 2, June 2004, pp. 367-372
Description
Book reviews of 3 books: The Yukon Relief Expedition and the Journal of Carl Johan Sakariassen edited by V.R. Rausch and D.L. Baldwin. Arctic Justice by Shelagh D. Grant. Arctic Migrants, Arctic Villagers by David Damas.
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