The Man Who Lived with a Giant presents traditional and personal stories told by Johnny Neyelle, a respected Dene storyteller and Elder from Déline, Northwest Territories. Johnny Neyelle used storytelling to teach Dene youth and others to understand and celebrate Dene traditions and identities. Johnny's entertaining voice makes his stories accessible to readers young and old, and his wisdom reinforces the right way to live: in harmony with people and places. Storytelling forms the core of Dene knowledge-keeping. A volume dedicated to making Dene culture strong, The Man Who Lived with a Giant is a vital book for Dene readers, researchers working with Indigenous cultures and oral histories, and scholars preserving Elders' stories. Even more, it is a book for the Dene people of today and tomorrow.--$cProvided by publisher.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2019.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 398.2089/972
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-nt
- ISBN
- 1772124087 9781772124682
- LCCN
- E99.C59
- LCCN Item number
- M36 2019eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xv, 139 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00240126 (OCoLC)1083545795 (CaOOCEL)458487
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- YDX
Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Introduction 12
- The Sahtu Dene 12
- Telling My Dad’s Story | Morris Neyelle 13
- Story and Dene Philosophy | Johnny Neyelle 14
- I Sacred and Traditional Stories 18
- The Man Who Lived with a Giant 20
- Bone Grease from the Sky: How the Animals Became Fat 26
- Doo-roo-tseh, the Medicine Man 30
- Kidnapped Woman Escapes 34
- A Man and His Mother Turn to Cannibalism 44
- Ia’eh, the Evil Strong Medicine Man 48
- Tł’o-k’áe-tee, the Medicine Man 54
- Yamorehya, the One Who Walked the World 58
- Yamogah and Ayonia 76
- II Oral Histories from the Life of Johnny Neyelle 84
- Life with My Parents, Jacque Neyelle and Marie Kotoyeneh 86
- Trapping with My Father 98
- Jacque Neyelle’s Story 106
- A Trip to Mackenzie Mountain 112
- The Dream, 1940s 118
- Advice from My Parents 122
- The Hunt to Whiskeyjack Point 128
- Tragedies of the Past 132
- Epilogue: Goodbye to Johnny / Morris Neyelle 134
- Afterword: The Editing Process 138
- Genealogy of the Extended Neyelle Family 142
- Glossary of North Slavey Words 154
- About the Authors 158
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 161
