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Dedication
Preface
Acknowledgements
Figures
Some Definitions
Fourteen First Nations
Chapter 1 Activity
Suggested Readings
Yukon's Landscape and Geology
Origins: Indigenous and Archaeological Views
Archaeological Research in Yukon
An Archaeological Perspective on Early Migration into Yukon
Yukon After the Ice Age
Archaeological Sites of Significance
Chapter 2 Activity
Early Anthropological Research
A Collaborative Approach
The Importance of Oral Traditions
Yukon Indigenous Languages
Social Organization
Where and How People Lived
Subsistence Tools and Technologies
Cooking
Health and Healing
Ceremonies
Connections Between Indigenous Groups
Chapter 3 Activity
Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Forces
Yukon Indigenous Populations
Emergence of the Fur and Whaling Trade
Gold Rushes
Missionaries and Religion
Residential Schools
Big-Game Provisioning and Sport Hunting
Highways and Social Change
Resettlement
Creating a Strong United Voice
Chapter 4 Activity
Modern Day Self-Determination
Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement
First Nation Final Agreements
Self-Government Agreements
A Different Path Towards Self-Determination
A Dynamic Future
Chapter 5 Activity
Verbal Arts
Entertainment
Visual Arts
Clothing, Fashion, and Regalia
Carvings and Pictographs
Art Shows, Cultural Centres, and Museums
Chapter 6 Activity
Appendix A – Royal Proclamation Excerpt
Appendix B - Federal Apology for Residential School System
Appendix C - Yukon First Nation Community Information: Pre-Land Claim Reserve Lands
Bibliography
About the Authors
Versioning History
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ECHO: Ethnographic, Cultural and Historical Overview of Yukon's First Peoples Copyright © 2020 by Victoria Elena Castillo; Christine Schreyer; and Tosh Southwick is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.