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The French missionary-linguist Émile Petitot (1838-1916) spent twenty years near the Arctic Circle in Canada, publishing numerous works on First Nations languages and practices. Over time, however, he descended into delirium and began to summon imaginary persecutions, pen improbable interpretations of his Indigenous hosts, and burst into schizoid fury. Delving into thousands of pages in letters and memoirs that Petitot left behind, Pierre Déléage has reconstructed the missionary's tragic story. He takes us on a gripping journey into the illogic and hyperlogic of a mind entranced with Indigenous peoples against the backdrop of repressive church policies and the emergent social sciences of the nineteenth century. Apocalyptic visions from the Bible and prophetic movements among First Nations peoples merged in the missionary's deteriorating psyche, triggering paroxysms of violence against his colleagues and himself. Whoever wishes to understand the contradictions of living between radically different societies will find this anthropological novella hard to put down.

Petitot, Emile Fortuné Stanislas Joseph, --- Northwest, Canadian --- Canada --- Northwest Territories. --- Discovery and exploration. --- Social Science --- Anthropology --- General

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For fifty years anthropologist June Helm studied the culture and ethnohistory of the Dene, "The People," the Athapaskan-speaking Indians of the Mackenzie River drainage of Canada's western subarctic. Now in this impressive collection she brings together previously published essays-with updated commentaries where necessary-unpublished field notes, archival documents, supplementary essays and notes from collaborators, and narratives by the Dene themselves as an offering to those studying North American Indians, hunter-gatherers, and subarctic ethnohistory

Ethnohistory --- Athapascan Indians --- Athabascan Indians --- Athabaskan Indians --- Athapaskan Indians --- Indians of North America --- Ethnohistorical method --- Historical anthropology --- Historical ethnology --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Social life and customs. --- History. --- Methodology --- Northwest Territories --- Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- North West Territories --- NWT --- N.W.T. --- GNWT --- Government of the Northwest Territories --- Government of the N.W.T. --- Government of Northwest Territories --- Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Nunavut

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Cet ouvrage servira d'introduction à l'écrivain américain William T. Vollmann à travers l'étude d'un roman en particulier. The Rifles déconstruit le roman historique : à la suite de l'explorateur anglais du XIXe siècle John Franklin, le héros américain Subzero s'aventure sur ses traces dans l'Arctique, à la recherche d'un dépassement de soi. Il erre sur le permafrost de sa mémoire, à contre-courant de son histoire hégémonique, dont il brouille à dessein les pistes. Déployant une poétique de l'anachronisme, ce récit révèle le rêve de déculpabilisation de l'homme occidental, dans une récriture post-moderne du gothique. Entre l'esquive et l'engagement, entre la projection amoureuse et la réticence solitaire de l'explorateur aveugle, les voix de Vollmann cherchent l'Autre à travers les reflets fragmentaires d'un soi sans image, tel un nouveau cachalot blanc, après celui de Melville.

Explorers in literature. --- Inuit in literature. --- Vollmann, William T. --- Franklin, John, --- In literature. --- Arctic regions --- Northwest Territories --- Northwest Passage --- Franklin, Dzhon, --- Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- North West Territories --- NWT --- N.W.T. --- GNWT --- Government of the Northwest Territories --- Government of the N.W.T. --- Government of Northwest Territories --- Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Nunavut --- Arctic --- Arctic Ocean Region --- Arctic, The --- Far North --- The Arctic --- Polar regions --- The Rifles

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In recent years northern development has increasingly become a controversial issue in Canadian federal politics: the ensuing confusion of economic arguments and political discussion demonstrates the disorderly and inaccurate thinking of most Canadians on the subject. Professor Rea points out that the development of northern Canada has not been the spontaneous natural process which many Canadians seem to think: this traditional view has over-emphasized the climate and other natural influences on development at the expense of the more powerful forces of constitutional law, government policy, native culture, and western technology. This study offers a more balanced interpretation of the processes of development which shaped and limited the growth of economic and political life in the Yukon and Northwest Territories between the 1890s and the early 1960s. Much emphasis is placed on the role of government policy which was one of "developmental laissez-faire" until after the Second World War. Until this time, Professor Rea points out, the government really had little idea of what to do with the north: its policy was to minimize the cost of maintaining control over these lands, to "protect" their native populations from outside influences, and not to hinder any private enterprise determined to undertake resource development in the area. This laissez-faire policy collapsed in the late 1940s. in subsequent years, and particularly as a direct result of the "Roads to Resources Programme" of the late 1950s, there has been a tremendous expansion of government activity in the areas of welfare services and public investments in transportation and electric power. Professor Rea examines the general effects of this programme on the growth of the north and suggests a basis upon which a new general policy for development might be evolved. This well-documented and challenging work is an invaluable contribution to the study of government policy and northern development and should be read by everyone concerned with the future of Canada.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy. --- Northwest Territories --- Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- North West Territories --- NWT --- N.W.T. --- GNWT --- Government of the Northwest Territories --- Government of the N.W.T. --- Government of Northwest Territories --- Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Nunavut --- Economic conditions. --- Yukon --- Юкан --- I︠U︡kan --- Юкон --- I︠U︡kon --- Γιούκον --- Gioukon --- Jukonio --- Jukona --- Jukonas --- Јукон --- Jukon --- ユーコン準州 --- Yūkon junshū --- ユーコン --- Jukons --- 育空 --- Yu kong --- Yukong --- Yukon Territory --- E-books

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A collection of papers on the process of devolution in the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Discusses many aspects of constitutional devolution including historical perspectives, effect on forest fire and wildlife management, healthcare, local government, oil and gas accords, regional development and politics. Includes references.

Decentralization in government --- Centralization in government --- Devolution in government --- Government centralization --- Government decentralization --- Government devolution --- Political science --- Central-local government relations --- Federal government --- Local government --- Public administration --- Northwest Territories --- Yukon --- Юкан --- I︠U︡kan --- Юкон --- I︠U︡kon --- Γιούκον --- Gioukon --- Jukonio --- Jukona --- Jukonas --- Јукон --- Jukon --- ユーコン準州 --- Yūkon junshū --- ユーコン --- Jukons --- 育空 --- Yu kong --- Yukong --- Yukon Territory --- Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- North West Territories --- NWT --- N.W.T. --- GNWT --- Government of the Northwest Territories --- Government of the N.W.T. --- Government of Northwest Territories --- Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Nunavut --- Politics and government. --- Decentralization in government - Northwest Territories. --- Decentralization in government - Yukon.