Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí dań kwánje nààtsat = Kluane Lake Country people speak strong Cover Image

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Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí dań kwánje nààtsat = Kluane Lake Country people speak strong / Kluane First Nation.

Summary:

"With generosity, diligence and deep commitment to their community, Elders from Lhù'ààn Mân Keyi (Kluane First Nation) recorded oral histories about their lives in the southwest Yukon. They shared wisdom, stories and songs passed down from grandparents, aunties and uncles, in Dań kʼe (Southern Tutchone, Kluane dialect) and English. This years-long project arose from the Elders' desire for their children and future generations to know the foundations of language, culture, skills and beliefs that will keep them proud, healthy and strong. The Elders speak of life before the Alaska Highway, when their grandparents drew on thousands of years of traditional knowledge to live on the land through seasonal rounds of hunting and gathering; the dark years after the building of the Alaska Highway, when children were taken away to residential schools and hunting grounds were removed to form the Kluane Game Preserve and National Park; and the decades since, when the community worked through the Yukon land claims process to establish today's self-governing First Nation. Inclusivity is a key community value. The Elders' stories are accompanied by the voices of youth and citizens of all ages, along with a history of the Kluane region. The book is beautifully illustrated with Elders' photographs, historical images and art work, and photos showing breathtaking views of Kluane mountains, lakes, sites, trails, and activities in the community today. With passionate and deeply informed voices, this is a stirring portrait created by a community that has shown resilience through massive changes and remains dedicated to preserving their culture, language and lands for the generations to come."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781773272061
Physical Description: 376 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits (some colour) ; 30 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : Figure 1, [2023]
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Council Message -- Elders Council Message -- Youth Council Message -- Turning Memories Into A Book -- A Note on Language -- History of Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí (Kluane Lake Country) -- The Ways of Our Ancestors -- Kwäday Dań (Long-Ago People): 10,000 Years before Present to 1700s -- Guch'àn (Other People) Come to Our Land: 1740s - 1890s -- The Klondike Gold Rush and Building Burwash Landing: 1896-1940 -- The Andover-Harvard Expedition: 1948 -- The Alaska Highway Brings Troubled Times: 1942-1972 -- Kwäday Dań Jenntth'à (Hearing Our Elders, Reclaiming Our Lands and Our Lives): 1970s-2003 -- Kluane First Nation Self-Government: 2003 -- Kwäday Dań Uye Kwànjì (Our Elders Remember) -- Tùlhàsèn (Lena Johnson): The Plan Was Really Good (1926) -- Gushàka (Grace Margaret Johnson): Living the Old Ways (1929) -- Kändhäda (Dorothy Johnson): Learn from Your Parents (1934) -- Koołseen (Hank Jacquot): I'll Tell You a Story (1934) -- Shakwàǹche (Kluane Martin): It Was Challenging Sometimes (1935) -- Louise Bouvier: Coming Home to Kluane (1937) -- Dän Ju Däjel (Peter Johnson): Mountain Hunting Man (1937) -- Jèdàlįmą (Agnes Johnson): Life Has Changed So Much (1943) -- Dennis Dickson: I Went All Over to Work in My Life (1943) -- Gûdia Shäw, A Nàch'adǹch'ea (Mary Easterson): Good Teaching from Our Elders and Community (1945) -- Doug Sias: Just Really Good People (1952) -- Sulkajunaghraw (Maureen Gloria Johnson): Following Grandma - Tsal KàJana (Gopher Lady, Copper Lily) (1952) -- Gùdia (Sharon Kabanak): Lhù'ààn Mân Yu Nìínje (Where I come from) (1953) -- Salkaaya (Bertha Doris): My Traditions Are Still in My Heart (1954) -- Keith Johnson: We Were Always Working (1954) -- Gùdia Mary Jane-Johnson: It Needs to Be Done, You Do It (1955) -- Alyce Johnson: Teaching from Our Trails (1955) -- Da Kwäthala mą (Joyce Johnson-Albert): The Strength of Grandma Kept Us Going (1956) -- Ernest Martin: Lessons from Grandma Grace (1958) -- Antera (Joe Bruneau): You're Never Too Old to Learn (1947) -- Sandy Johnson: There's a Lot Going On Here (1947) -- David Dubois: Kluane-Beautiful Land, Beautiful People (1949) -- Lhù'ààn Mân Keyí Dań Kwánje Nààtsat (Kluane Lake Country People Speak Strong) -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Language Note:	Text in English, with some text in Dań kʼe (Southern Tutchone, Kluane dialect).