13 Losing Suu Na chii k’chige, the Great Fire, and Petersen’s Crossing

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Preface, with Linguistic Note and Pronunciation Guide xi
5. Introduction: Trails of Time 1
6. The Dane-zaa Creation Story 10
7. Tsááyaa, the Culture Hero 25
8. Shin kaa, the Vision Quest 45
9. Archaeology, Prehistory, and Oral History 67
10. The Early Fur Trade 97
11. The Later Fur Trade and the Hudson’s Bay Company Killings 113
12. Priests and Dreamers 136
13. The First and Last Dreamers 156
14. Kinship and Community 197
15. The 1899 North West Mounted Police Census and Treaty 8 219
16. Seasonal Rounds in British Columbia and Alberta 234
17. The 1918 Flu Epidemic 253
18. Losing Suu Na chii k’chige, the Great Fire, and Petersen’s Crossing 277
19. The Place Where Happiness Dwells, Indian Reserve 172 302
20. Today and Tomorrow 341
21. Dane-zaa Stories and the Anthropological Literature 359
22. Transcription of a Portion of the Charlie Yahey Creation Story (RDA, CY 11) 371
23. Dane-zaa Kinship Terms 377
24. Research Notes on Beaver Signatories 378
25. Facsimile of the NWMP Census 381
26. Works Cited 382
27. Acknowledgments 390
28. Index 392