Jean Michéa was a French anthropologist doing fieldwork in Fort Norman and the surrounding region during 1957-1958. He writes about his experiences both in what is now Tulı́t’a, and with the mountain Dene whom he spent some time with. His work talks about social organization, daily life, boat-making, and other aspects of nomadic ways of life. 

Read the CBC Article about the film Michéa shot in Tulı́t’a, and the process of recovering it and archiving it in the community: "18-year quest brings 1957 film home to N.W.T. Dene" (2014)

Photograph courtesy of Tom Andrews via CBC News. 

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Michéa Jean. “Les Chitra-Gottinéké, groupe Athapascan des Montagnes Rocheuses.” Journal de la Société des Américanistes 48 (1959): 197-235.