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Remembering Our Relations : Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park
Remembering Our Relations : Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park
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Author(s): Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (Corporate)
ISBN No.: 9781773854113
Pages: 344
Year: 202312
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 48.29
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Wood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of Dénesuliuné homelands, where Dené people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada 's largest at nearly 45, 000 square kilometers, was the eviction of Dénesuliuné people from their home, the forced separation of Dené families, and restriction of their Treaty rights. Remembering Our Relations tells the history of Wood Buffalo National Park from a Dené perspective and within the context of Treaty 8. Oral history and testimony from Dené Elders, knowledge-holders, leaders, and community members place Dénesuliuné voices first. With supporting archival research, this book demonstrates how the founding, expansion, and management of Wood Buffalo National Park fits into a wider pattern of promises broken by settler colonial governments managing land use throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. By prioritizing Dénesuliuné histories Remembering Our Relations deliberately challenges how Dené experiences have been erased, and how this erasure has been used to justify violence against Dénesuliuné homelands and people. Amplifying the voices and lives of the past, present, and future, Remembering Our Relations is a crucial step in the journey for healing and justice Dénesuliuné peoples have been pursuing for over a century.


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