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While the Klondike Gold Rush is one of the most widely known events in Canadian history, particularly outside Canada, the rest of the Yukon’s long and diverse history attracts little attention. Important developments such as Herschel Island whaling, pre-1900 fur trading, the post-Second World War resource boom, a lengthy struggle for responsible government, and the emergence of Indigenous political protest remain poorly understood. Placing well-known historical episodes within the broader sweep of the past, Land of the Midnight Sun gives particular emphasis to the role of First Nations people and the lengthy struggle of Yukoners to find their place within Confederation. This broader story incorporates the introduction of mammoth dredges that scoured the Klondike creeks, the impressive Elsa-Keno Hill silver mines, the impact of residential schools on Aboriginal children, the devastation caused by the sinking of the Princess Sophia, the Yukon’s remarkable contributions to the national First World War effort, and the sweeping transformations associated with the American occupation during the Second World War. Land of the Midnight Sun has long been the standard source for understanding the history of the territory. This third edition includes a new preface to update readers on developments in the Yukon’s economy, culture, and politics, including Indigenous self-government.
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Klondike lore is full of accounts of the exploits of Dangerous Dan McGrew, Sergeant Preston of the Mounted, and the Mad Trapper of Rat River. The stories vary from outright fabrications to northern fantasies and, on occasion, real-life accounts. Strange Things Done investigates a series of murders in the pre-World War II Yukon, exploring the boundaries between myths and historical events. The book seeks to understand both the specific events, carefully reconstructed from court evidence and police records, and the broader social and cultural context within which these violent deaths occurred. The murder case studies provide a unique and penetrating perspective on key aspects of Yukon history, such as Native-newcomer relations, mental illness and the folklore about cabin fever, the role of immigrants in northern society, violence in the gold fields, and the role of the police and courts in regulating social behaviour. The investigation of these capital cases also illustrates the fear and paranoia which gripped the territory in the aftermath of a murder, and the societys insistence on quick and retributive justice when offenders were caught and convicted. The Yukon experienced fewer murders than popular literature would suggest, and fewer than most would expect given the region's intense and dramatic history, but those that did occur illustrate the passions, frustrations, angers and human frailties that are present in all societies. The manner in which the murders occurred and the way in which Yukoners reacted also reveals specific and important aspects of territorial society.
Murder --- Trials (Murder) --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- Murder trials --- History. --- Yukon Territory --- Yukon Government --- Yukon Territories --- YT --- Тэрыторыя Юкан --- Tėrytoryi︠a︡ I︠U︡kan --- Jukon-teritorio --- ユーコン準州 --- Yūkon junshū --- Yukon --- History --- Meurtre --- Procès (Meurtre) --- Histoire. --- Histoire --- Proces (Meurtre)
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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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Twentieth-century circumpolar epidemics shaped historical interpretations of disease in European imperialism in the Americas and beyond. In this revisionist history of epidemic disease as experienced by northern peoples, Liza Piper illuminates the ecological, spatial, and colonial relationships that allowed diseases - influenza, measles, and tuberculosis in particular - to flourish between 1860 and 1940 along the Mackenzie and Yukon rivers. Making detailed use of Indigenous oral histories alongside English and French language archives and emphasising environmental alongside social and cultural factors, When Disease Came to this Country shows how colonial ideas about northern Indigenous immunity to disease were rooted in the racialized structures of colonialism that transformed northern Indigenous lives and lands, and shaped mid-twentieth century biomedical research.
Epidemics --- Indigenous peoples --- History. --- Health and hygiene --- Yukon --- Northwest Territories --- Disease outbreaks --- Diseases --- Outbreaks of disease --- Pestilences --- Communicable diseases --- Ethnology --- Outbreaks --- 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 --- 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
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Northwest Territories --- Yukon --- Canada, Northern --- Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Canada (Nord) --- Canada, Northern. --- Northwest Territories. --- Yukon. --- GNWT --- Government of the N.W.T. --- Government of the Northwest Territories --- North West Territories --- NWT --- Canada --- Canadian --- Northern Canada --- Arctic, Canadian --- Canadian Arctic --- 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 --- N.W.T. --- Nunavut --- Arctic regions --- Yukon Territory --- Arctic Regions --- Gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest --- Government of Northwest Territories --- Northern Canada. --- I͡Ukan --- I͡Ukon --- Yūkon junsh
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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.
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Illustrated with numerous stories collected from Alaska, the Yukon, and South Africa and further enlivened by the author's accessible style and experiences as a longtime oral historian and archivist, So They Understand is a comprehensive study of the special challenges and concerns involved in documenting, representing, preserving, and interpreting oral narratives. The title of the book comes from a quotation by Chief Peter John, the traditional chief of the Tanana Chiefs region in central Alaska: ""In between the lines is something special going on in their minds, and that has--
Oral tradition. --- Oral history. --- Tradition, Oral --- History --- Oral biography --- Oral tradition --- Oral communication --- Folklore --- Oral history --- Methodology --- South Africa --- Alaska --- 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 --- Â-lâ-sṳ̂-kâ --- AK --- Alaasika --- ʻĀlaka --- Alasca --- Alasijia --- Alasijia Zhou --- Alaska Eyâleti --- Alaska osariik --- Alasḳah --- Alasko --- Alaszka --- Ali︠a︡sk --- Ali︠a︡ska --- Aljaška --- Allaesŭkʻa --- Allaesŭkʻa-ju --- Allaesŭkʻaju --- Alyaska --- Alyaska Shitati --- Arasuka --- Arasuka-shū --- Arasukashū --- Civitas Alascae --- Estado de Alaska --- Estado ng Alaska --- Hakʼaz Dineʼé Bikéyah Hahoodzo --- Medinat Alasḳah --- Politeia tēs Alaska --- Russian America --- Russkai︠a︡ Amerika --- Shtat Ali︠a︡ska --- State of Alaska --- Statul Alaska --- Territory of Alaska --- Πολιτεία της Αλάσκα --- Αλάσκα --- Аљаска --- Аляск --- Аляска --- Алјаска --- Русская Америка --- Штат Аляска --- אלאסקע --- אלסקה --- מדינת אלסקה --- アラスカ --- アラスカ州 --- 阿拉斯加 --- 阿拉斯加州 --- 알래스카 --- 알래스카 주 --- 알래스카주 --- Africa, South --- Alaska Territory
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