Ways of Knowing

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Ways of Knowing is written by Jean-Guy A. Goulet and published by UBC Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0774806818 (ISBN 10) and 9780774806817 (ISBN 13).

The creative world of a northern Native community is revealed in thisinnovative book. Once semi-nomadic hunters and gatherers, the Dene Thaof northern Canada today live in government-built homes in thesettlement of Chateh. Their lives are a distinct blend of old and new,in which more traditional forms of social control, healing, and prayingentwine with services supplied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, anursing station, and a Roman Catholic church. Many older culturalbeliefs and practices remain: ghosts still linger, reincarnating andsometimes stealing children’s souls; dreams and visions arepowerful shapers of actions; and personal visions and experiences areconsidered the sources of true knowledge.