{"product_id":"before-the-roads-before-the-mines-denesuline-memories-narratives-and-the-legacy-of-a-northern-hunting-society-hardcover","title":"Before the Roads, Before the Mines: Denesuliné Memories, Narratives, and the Legacy of a Northern Hunting Society - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Jarvenpa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the Roads, Before the Mines\u003c\/i\u003e is a narrative-based ethnohistory of a Denesuliné community, also known as the Chipewyan, Kesyehot'ine, or Poplar House People. The discovery of high-grade uranium deposits in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, in the mid- to late 1970s ushered in an era of mining and roadbuilding that largely replaced the traditional livelihoods of these subarctic hunter-fishers with wage labor in mining, construction, and related industries. The advent of new communications technologies and consumer goods, and a road to the outside world, created ruptures in the social fabric of the community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert Jarvenpa highlights the historical experiences of middle-aged and older individuals who vividly recall a time before the roads and mines existed--when young and old alike spoke the Denesuliné language and when entire families lived in a seasonally nomadic fashion in the bush. They continually invoke the past in the problematic present, a ritualized form of communication integral to resisting or adapting to the erosive changes of a rapidly industrializing resource-extraction frontier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jarvenpa showcases the spoken words of the Denesuliné informants as a means of documenting and interpreting their historical past in the face of contemporary peril as the subarctic permafrost recedes and multinational corporations eye Indigenous lands for their minerals. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Jarvenpa\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eCircumpolar Lives and Livelihood: A Comparative Ethnoarchaeology of Gender and Subsistence\u003c\/i\u003e (with Hetty Jo Brumbach) (Nebraska, 2006) and \u003ci\u003eDeclared Defective: Native Americans, Eugenics, and the Myth of Nam Hollow\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752898887968,"sku":"9781496239747","price":97.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/69dc2d126990615fb275f3718448d51b.webp?v=1780007155","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/before-the-roads-before-the-mines-denesuline-memories-narratives-and-the-legacy-of-a-northern-hunting-society-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}