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Ways of Knowing
Jean-Guy 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
ISBN077480680X9780774806800
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-MSBW8K4fFEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The creative world of a northern Native community is revealed in this innovative book. Once semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers, 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 and new, in which more traditional forms of social control, healing, and praying entwine with services supplied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a nursing station, and a Roman Catholic church. Many older cultural beliefs and practices remain: ghosts still linger, reincarnating and sometimes stealing children's souls; dreams and visions are powerful shapers of actions; and personal visions and experiences are considered the sources of true knowledge.