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Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community - Softcover

Ridington, Robin

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9781550540598: Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community

Synopsis

First printing. The story of an anthropolist's experience of living among the subartic Beaver Indians, the Dunne-za, for almost 25 years - both an oral history of their way of life, and the story of how the author's assumptions came to be challenged by the people he came to study. Illustrated with photographs. Includes references, index. Complimentary copy from the publisher with slip laid in.

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About the Author

Robin Ridington is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Little Bit Know Something, Trail to Heaven: Knowledge and Narrative in a Northern Native Community, and Blessing for a Long Time among other works.

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