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Ways of Knowing
Jean-Guy A. Goulet
其他書名
Experience, Knowledge, and Power Among the Dene Tha
出版UBC Press, 1998
主題Philosophy / GeneralSocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Customs & TraditionsSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American StudiesSocial Science / Indigenous Studies
ISBN07748068189780774806817
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-MSBW8K4fFEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This innovative study reveals the creative world of a Native community. Once seminomadic hunters & gatherers who traveled by horse wagon, canoe, & dog sled, the Dene Tha of northern Canada today live in government-built homes in the settlement of Chateh. Their lives are a distinct blend of old & new, in which traditional forms of social control, healing, & praying entwine witth services supplied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a nursing station, & a Roman Catholic church. Many older cultural beliefs & practices remain: ghosts linger, reincarnating & sometimes causing deaths; past & future are interpreted through the Prophet Dance; "animal helpers" become lifelong companions & sources of power; & personal visions & experiences are considered the roots of true knowledge. Why & how are such striking beliefs & practices still vital to the Dene Tha? Drawing on extensive fieldwork at Chateh, the author, an anthropologist, delineates the interconnections between the strands of meaning & experience with which the Dene Tha constitute & creatively engage their world. The author's insights into the Dene Tha's ways of knowing were gained through directly experiencing their lifeway rather than through formal instruction. This experimental perspective makes his study especially illuminating, providing an intimate glimpse of a remarkable & enduring Native community.