The Land Still Speaks: Gwitchin Words About Life in Dempster Country Tapa dura - 1999

Old Crow, Yukon: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Lands and Resources Department, 1999. Pictorial Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Millennia of experience living off the land have endowed Gwitchin [people] with an intimate knowledge of the geography and resources in, what we now know as, the Dempster Highway landscape. This book is the product of the work, effort, ideas, and enthusiasm of many people. In particular, the words of Gwitchin Elders tell us about the past, provide guidelines for the present, and prompt us to think about the future." Glossy illustrated hard cover with black titling on spine and front, title page is illustrated with a black and white photograph and is SIGNED by Erin Sherry, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, 322 pages. Cover has minor shelf wear, two bumps to lower front edge, upper text block edge has some small, pale spots, there are some small, faint spots on front end papers and on pages 310 and 311, lower free corner of a portion of the text (pp.… Leer más

Old Crow, YK: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; some wear near upper spine extreme; otherwise spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; Millennia of experience living off the land have endowed Gwitchin with an intimate knowledge of the geography and resources in, what we now know as, the Dempster Highway landscape. The words of Gwitchin Elders tell us about the past, provide guidelines for the present, and prompt us to think about the future. Here are some of their stories of life in Takudh (Dugoo) country, the area now traversed by the Yukon portion of the Dempster Highway.

Old Crow, Yukon: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and Erin Sherry, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Translator. First Printing of the First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fine but for insignificant bumping and previous owner's signature on front end-paper. Signed by translator on the title page..