These two texts provide stories and images describing lifestyles of Sahtú Dene peoples long before they met any Europeans. They describe food, subsistence practices, economy, leadership, travel, hunting and trapping, seasons, gathering, consensus, stories, roles of different age groups, healing, laughter, traditions, dancing, drumming, spirituality, games, and persistence. The books are bilingual, providing both English and Dene versions of each topic.

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Dene Resource Book One : Hunting and Gathering

Dene Resource Book Two : Camp Life

Vandermeer, Jane Modeste, Mitsu Oishi, and Fibbie Tatti. The Sahtuotine Long Ago. Two Volumes, Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Yellowknife NT, 1991.