{"product_id":"we-are-still-didene-9781442643246","title":"We Are Still Didene","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetailing the history of the aboriginal village of Iskut, British Columbia over the past 100 years, \u003cem\u003e‘We Are Still Didene’ \u003c\/em\u003e examines the community's transition from subsistence hunting to wage work in trapping, guiding, construction, and service jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing naturally occurring, extended transcripts of stories told by the group's hunters, Thomas McIlwraith explores how Iskut hunting culture and the memories that the Iskut share have been maintained orally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMcIlwraith demonstrates the ways in which these stories challenge the idealized images of Aboriginals that underlie state-sponsored traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) studies. McIlwraith instead illuminates how these narratives are connected to the Iskut Village's complex relationships with resource extraction companies and the province of British Columbia, as well as their interactions with animals and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Dedication\t     Acknowledgments\t     Notes on Orthographic and Transcription Conventions\t     Introduction: The Persistence of Hunting    Part I: Background     Chapter 1: Aboriginal Hunting in an Era of 'TEK'\t     Chapter 2: Iskut History and Hunting    Part II: Stories about Hunting and History     Chapter 3: 'That Bloody Moose Got Up and Took Off': Food Animals and Traditional Knowledge\t     Chapter 4: 'Rough Riding All Day': Work Animals and Guiding Work\t     Chapter 5: Chief Louie's Speech at Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park\t     Chapter 6: Everyday Talk about Hunting    Appendix 1: Tahltan Language Place Names\t   Endnotes\t       References","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408365166935,"sku":"9781442643246","price":39.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442643246.jpg?v=1730502631","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-still-didene-9781442643246","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}