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"This volume conveys the history and knowledge of Dene elders. Oral accounts reveal a unique perspective and offer commentary on continuity and change over the past hundred years. These narratives, along with photographs and illustrations, show the history of the region alongside a portrait of the people themselves."--
"Describes upper Tanana Athabascan culture prior to sustained western contact at the beginning of the 20th century and examines the effects of socioeconomic and cultural changes on traditional lifeways that occurred during the 20th century. In addition, the study examines the longstanding relationships of the upper Tanana Indians to the neighboring Ahtna Athabascans and to lands in and near the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, primarily in the northern part of the Copper River Basin"--Abstract.
A study of the social life of the Upper Tanana Natives whose life is based on matrilineal kin groups divided into two moieties. The apparent discrepancies between the different levels of their social organization are discovered to be a normal aspect of the social system.