Finding Dahshaa

by Irlbacher-fox, Stephanie; Erasmus, Bill

• ISBN13: 9780774816250
• ISBN10: 0774816252
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-15
• Publisher: Univ of British Columbia Pr

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, Délînê, 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.

Author Biography

Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox holds a doctorate in polar studies from Cambridge University and for the past decade has worked for Indigenous peoples on self-government and related political development processes in Canada's Northwest Territories. www.findingdahshaa.ca

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. viii
Foreword	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Pronunciation Guide	p. xvi
Introduction	p. 1
Context and Concepts	p. 13
Tanning Moosehide	p. 35
Dehcho Resource Revenue Sharing	p. 55
Délînê Child and Family Services	p. 90
Inuvialuit and Gwich'in Culture and Language	p. 133
Conclusion	p. 160
Notes	p. 175
References	p. 179
Index	p. 186
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