Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene

by Ila Bussidor and Ustun Bilgen-Reinart

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For over 1500 years, the Sayisi Dene, 'The Dene from the East, ' led an independent life, following the caribou herds and having little contact with white society. In 1956, an arbitrary government decision to relocate them catapulted the Sayisi Dene into the 20th century. It replaced their traditional nomadic life of hunting and fishing with a slum settlement on the outskirts of Churchill, Manitoba. Inadequately housed, without jobs, unfamiliar...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0887556434

ISBN13:9780887556432

Release Date:March 2000

Publisher:University of Manitoba Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.69 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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