The people of Denendeh

"An in-depth exploration of the lives and culture of the Dene.

This impressive collection brings together the results of June Helm's fifty years of studying the culture and ethnohistory of the Dene, Athapaskan-speaking Indians of the Mackenzie River drainage of the western subarctic. In addition to her previously published essays - with updated commentary where necessary - The People of Denendeh includes unpublished field notes, archival documents, supplementary essays and notes from collaborators, and narratives by the Dene themselves." -- Provided by publisher


  • Call Number:
    E78 .N79 H45 2000.

  • Title Responsibility:
    June Helm ; with contributions by Teresa S. Carterette and Nancy O. Lurie..

  • Subtitle:
    ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories /.

  • Author Information:
    June Helm is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Iowa, past president of the American Anthropological Association, and editor of The Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 6: Subarctic. In the 1970s she served as adviser on land claims research to the Indian Brotherhood (later the Dene First Nations) of Canada's Northwest Territories and consultant to Canada's Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry.

  • Production Place:
    Montreal :.

  • Producer:
    McGill-Queen's University Press,.

  • Production Date:
    2000.

  • Band Tribe Geography Time:
    Chipewyan, Dene, Dogrib, Gwich'in, Subarctic.

  • Recommended For:
    Research.

  • Catalogue Key:
    4171904.

  • Reviews:

    Carlson, Keith T. "The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories (review)". The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 85, no. 1, 2004, pp. 146-148. https://muse-jhu-edu.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/article/54082/pdf.

    Dinwoodie, David. "Reviewed Work: The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories by June Helm." Journal of Anthropological Research, vol. 59, no. 2, 2003, pp. 286-287. https://www-jstor-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/3631661?seq=1….

    Hanks, Chris. "Reviewed Work: The People of Denendeh: Ethnohistory of the Indians of Canada's Northwest Territories by June Helm." Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, 2002, pp. 198-199. https://www-jstor-org.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/stable/40512454?pq-o….

  • Table of Contents:
    people-denendeh-helm-2000.pdf (434.77 KB) .