Book Review
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dale Lakevold
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 186-188
Description
Book review of: Traplines by Eden Robinson.
Looks at traditional childbirth practices of the Vuntut Gwitchin, Trondëk Hwëch’in, and Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nations.
Uses the Madison Buffalo Jump State Park as a starting point to discuss the buffalo's importance in the economies, cosmologies, social organization, and spiritual life of Indigenous peoples of the plains. Recommended for use with Grade 9-12 students.