Reserve memories

By David W. Dinwoodie

Subjects: History, Chilcotin Indians, British columbia, social life and customs, Indians of north america, canada, Indians of north america, social life and customs, Oral tradition, Social life and customs, Chilcotin mythology, Indians of north america, history, British columbia, history, Indian mythology, north america

Description: "Reserve Memories examines how myths and narratives about the past have enabled a Northern Athabaskan community to understand and confront challenges and opportunities in the present. For over five centuries the Chilcotin people have lived in relative isolation in the rich timberlands and scattered meadows of the inland Northwest, in what is today known as west central British Columbia. Although linguistic and cultural changes are escalating, they remain one of the more traditional and little known Native communities in northwestern North America."--BOOK JACKET.