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Finding dahshaa : self-government, social suffering, and Aboriginal policy in Canada / Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox ; foreword by Bill Erasmus.

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Author/Creator:
Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie.
Language:
English
Imprint:
Vancouver, BC : UBC Press, c2009.
Format:
  • Book
  • xv, 192 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-185) and index.
Publisher's Summary:
Just as dahshaa - a rare type of dried, rotted spruce wood - is essential to the Dene moosehide - tanning process, self-determination and the alleviation of social suffering are necessary to Indigenous survival in the Northwest Territories. But is self-government an effective path to self-determination? "Finding Dahshaa" shows where self-government negotiations between Canada and the Dehcho, Deline, and Inuvialuit and Gwich'in peoples have gone wrong and offers, through descriptions of tanning practices that embody principles and values central to self-determination, an alternative model for negotiations. This accessible book, which includes a foreword by Dene National Chief Bill Erasmus, is the first ethnographic study of self-government negotiations in Canada.
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ISBN:
9780774816243
0774816244

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