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"These books are for future reference on the Website for Yukon First Nations Tourism Association. It is a partial list done by title and author; and when available call the number at the Yukon Archives or the Whitehorse Public Library:"

• A Book of Indian Legends and Stories from Old Crow, Yukon by Joe Netro
  
• Basketry of the Tlingit by George Emmons
  
• Best Left as Indians by Ken Coates
  
• Best of Edith Josie: Here Are by Edith Josie
  
• Canada's First Nations by Dickason
  
• Carmacks First Nation Oral History Study by Ruth Gotthart
  
• Chilkat Dancing Blanket by Chery Samuel
  
• Han Indians Ethnographic Study by Cornelius Osgood
  
• Here are The News. Old Crow 1963-1964 by Maryann Campbell and Paul Erlam, Whitehorse Star
  
• History of the Original People by Keith Crowe Kohklux Map and Book
  
• Legacy of a Taku River Tlingit by E. and L.E. Nyman
  
• Life Lived Like A Story by Julie Cruikshank
  
• Lutthi Nan and Tatchun Mun Hude Hudon by Carmacks/ Little Salmon First Nation
  
• Lu Zil Man - Fish Lake by Kwanlin Dun First Nation
  
• Moosehide. An Oral History by Yukon College
  
• My Country- Big Salmon River by Gertie Tom
  
• My Old People Say by Catherine McClellan
  
• Our Family History by Angela Sidney
  
• Place Names of the Tagish Region. Southern Yukon by Angela Sidney
  
• Potlatch by Bech and Olive
  
• Reading Voices - Dan Dhats Edininttee by Julie Cruikshank
  
• Selkirk First Nation Oral History Study by Selkirk First Nation
  
• Shawshe-Neskatahin-Background History Study by Sheila Greer
  
• Skookum Stories on the Chilkoot Dyea Trail by Shelia Greer, Carcross/Tagish First Nation
  
• Tagish Tlaagu by Angela Sidney
  
• Through the Seasons. A Story of a Tagish Girl by Dora Wedge
  
• Tlingit by Wallace Olson
  
• Tlingit Indians by Emmons
  
• Tlingit Tales: Potlatch and Totems by Lorie Hayes
  
• Traditional Lifestyles of Kaska by Wheelcock and Mo
  
• Upper Yukon Native Customs by Fe Schmitter
  
• Wisdom of Elders by Ruth, Kirk

 

 

 

Phamplets and Books

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• Culture and Ethos of Kaska Society by John J. Honigmann. 970.1 Ha Yale University Publications in Anthropology No. 40 New Haven, 1949. ( History and traditions of people in the Lower Post, Watson Lake and Upper Liard Region: environmental setting, social culture, system of beliefs etc.)
  
• Indian Summer by Douglas Leechman. 970.1 Le. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1949: Pp. 36-77. (Legends from Burwash and Old Crow)
  
• Prehistoric Migration Routes Through the Yukon by Douglas Leechman. PAM 1946-09. Canadian Historical Review, 1946: Pp 383-390. ( Based on 1945 archeology. Discusses five sites on the highway between Champagne and the North end of Kluane Lake.)
  
• The Evolution and Nature of the Contemporary Settlement Patterns in a Selected Area of the Yukon Territory by Frank Duerden. 330.971 Du .Centre for Settlement Studies, SeriesL, Research Reports # 3, Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, 1971
  
• The Indian Journal by L. H. Morgan 1959. PAM 1959-10. "The Indian Bands of Yukon Territory" a hort study conducted for Elijah Smith, Chief of the Yukon Native Brotherhood and Ivan Kirkby, Director of Indian and Eskimo Affairs Branch, Yukon Region Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development by H. J. Bredin, B.Sc. P. Eng. (Yukon and Alberta) August, 1971. Reports on Band office meetings in 1971.
  
• The Inland Tlingit by Catherine McCellan. PAM 1953-03
  
• The Kaska Indians: An Ethnographic Reconstruction by J. J. Honigman. 970.1 Ho. Yale University Publications in Anthropology, No. 51, 1954. (Lower Post, Upper Liard, Watson Lake: history and culture: includes chapters on making a living, camp and camp life, social organization, belief and thought, life cycles.)
  
• The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon by C. Sheldon 971.21 Sh. New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1911. ( Early description of people living on the upper Yukon River.)
  
• Vunta Kutchin Social Change. 1963 by Asen Balikci. Library 971.21 No (Study of social change in the Old Crow area. Includes outline of traditional culture, discussion of the changes introduced by missionaries, traders, police, etc. and discussion of the contemporary culture.
  
• Yukon Indian History and Cultures: A Preliminary Bibliography by Julie Cruikshank, July 1973
  
• Yukon Legends as told by Mrs. Jenny Lebarge Manuscript by Mrs. Jenny Lebarge
  

 

 

 

Legends and Stories

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Gotthardt, Ruth M. Study of Culture and Land Use for the Little Salmon Carmacks Band. Dept. of Anthropology, University of Toronto. February 20, 1986

Osgood, Cornelius Yale University Publications in Anthropology. Number 14 Contributions to the Ethnography of the Kutchin. Human Relations Area Files Press New Haven. 1970

Sidney, Angela Mrs. Tagish Tlaagu. Tagish Stories. Council for Yukon Indians and the Government of Yukon. Whitehorse, Yukon. 1982

Smith, Kitty Mrs. Nindal Kwadindur. I'm Going to Tell You a Story. Ye Sa To Publications. Whitehorse, Yukon. 1982

Teit, James Kaska Tales. Journal of American Folklore. Vol 30 # 118, 1917 Pp. 427-473. Yukon Archives No. PAM 1917-05

Teslin Women's Institute A History of the Settlement of Teslin. Teslin. April, 1972. Archives No. PAM 1972-02