This bibliography is intended as a convenience to people looking for
information.
By listing an item here, neither the Yinka Dene Language Institute nor
the Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council intends to endorse its accuracy or
the views expressed by the author.
Aasen, Wendy Katherine Grace (1992)
Should the Clans Decide? The Problems of Modelling Self-Government Among
the Carrier-Sekani Indians of British Columbia.
MA thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta.
For Someone Special.
Quesnel: Nazko Indian Band.
Illustrated by the author.
A story suitable for primary school children about the preparations
for the birth of a new baby. An appendix explains, with the aid of
photographs, how to make a traditional cradle. In English, with a few
Carrier words, which are explained. 44 pp.
The memoirs of a priest who served for many years in Carrier territory,
including a long stint as Director of Lejac Residential School.
College of New Caledonia (1999)
Carrier Cultural Curriculum Guide.
Burns Lake, BC.
An instructor's manual for the Early Childhood Education Program.
Prepared by the Lakes District Campus of the College of New Caledonia
in consultation with the Lake Babine Nation Advisory ECE Curriculum Committee.
Available from the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer, and Technology,
1483 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 3K4. Tel: 250-413-4402.
FAX: 250-413-4469. curriculum@ctt.bc.ca.
Cranny, Michael (1986)
Carrier Settlement and Subsistence in the Chinlac/Cluculz Lake Area of Central
British Columbia.
Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of British Columbia.
Crocker, Evelyn Laurell (2005)
Strength and resiliency in the narratives of Margaret Gagnon.
M.A. thesis, University of Northern British Columbia.
David, Clark (1977)
"Some Notes on Plateau Athapaskans,"
Proceedings of the Northern Athapaskan Conference (Ottawa).27.620-629.
National Museum of Man. Mercury Series. Canadian Ethnology Service paper.
Donahue, Paul (1975)
"Concerning Athapaskan Prehistory in British Columbia,"
Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology5.3-4.21-63.
Fiske, Jo-Anne (19xx)
"Carrier Women and the Politics of Mothering,"
in Gillian Creese and Veronica Strong-Boag (eds.)
British Columbia Reconsidered,
Vancouver: Press Gang Publishers, pp.198-216.
Reprinted 2002 in Veronica Strong-Boag, Mona Gleason, and Adele
Perry (eds.)
Rethinking Canada - The Promise of Women's History.
Oxford University Press Canada, pp. 359-374.
Fiske, Jo-Anne (1981)
"And Then We Prayed Again": Carrier Women, Colonization, and
Mission Schools.
MA. Thesis, University of British Columbia.
Fiske, Jo-Anne (1987)
"Fishing is Women's Business: Changing Economic Roles of Carrier
Women and Men,"
in Bruce Aldan Cox (ed.)
Native People, Native Lands
Ottawa: Carleton University Press
pp. 186-198.
Fiske, Jo-Anne (1989)
Gender and Politics in a Carrier Indian Community
Ph.D. dissertation, University of British Columbia.
Fiske, Jo-Anne (1991)
"Native Women in Reserve Politics Strategies and Struggles,"
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law30-31.121-137
A description of the potlatch system, the traditional legal system of the
Lake Babine Nation. Jo-Anne Fiske is an anthropologist. Betty Patrick is Chief
of the Lake Babine Nation.
"The Carrier Indians and the Politics of History,"
in R. Bruce Morrison and C. Roderick Wilson (eds.)
Native Peoples: The Canadian Experience.
2nd edition. Toronto: McLelland and Stewart.
pp. 508-546.
Heritage Lost: A People's History of the Ootsa Lake Region 1905-1955.
Likely, BC: Quesnel Lake Publishing.
This is devoted primarily to the white settlers in this portion of
Cheslatta Carrier territory, but contains
a chapter on native people as well as an account of the flooding caused
by the construction of the Kemano Project.
Goldman, Irving (1940)
"The Alkatcho Carrier of British Columbia,"
in Linton, Ralph (ed.)
Acculturation in Seven American Indian Tribes
New York: Appleton-Century
pp. 333-389
Goldman, Irving (1943)
"The Alkatcho Carrier: Historical Background of Crest Prerogatives,"
American Anthropologist41.396-421.
Ulkatcho Food and Medicine Plants
Anahim Lake: Ulkatcho Indian Band.
Information on plants used for food and medicine, including names
in the Lhk'acho dialect. The plants are identified by their scientific names.
Heikkila, Karen Ann (2007)
Teaching Through Toponymy: Using Indigenous Place-names in Outdoor
Science Camps. M.A. thesis, Department of Geography, University of
Northern British Columbia.
The Warmth of Love: the Four Seasons of Sophie Thomas.
VHS video, 33:33 minutes. Sophie Thomas Foundation.
Describes the use of traditional herbal medicine by Saik'uz elder
Sophie Thomas. See the description in the North Shore News. Call 1-800-667-7718 to purchase.
Jenness, Diamond (1934)
"Myths of the Carrier Indians of British Columbia,"
The Journal of American Folk-Lore47.184-85 (April-September) 97-257.
A collection of Wetsuwet'en myths.
Kew, Mike (1972)
"Notes on Preliminary Ethnographic Fieldwork Among the Southern Carrier
Indians,"
ms. Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.
Kobrinsky, Vernon H. (1982)
"On Thinking of Eating Animals Dialectics of Carrier Social Identity Symbols - A Case Study,"
Dialectical Anthropology6.337-344.
Return to Balhats.
Prince George: Lheit-Lit'en Nation.
A 15 page booklet describing the history of the Lheidli T'enneh,
their system of self-government, and economic development programme.
Contains biographical sketches of elder
Margaret Gagnon,
former Chief
Peter Quaw,
counselor Domo Frederick and university student
Jacqui Gouchie. Undated but published around 1994.
Mack, Clayton (1993)
Grizzlies and White Guys: The Stories of Clayton Mack.
Compiled and edited by Harvey Thommasen.
Vancouver: Harbour Publishing.
A collection of reminiscences by the late Nuxalk (Bella Coola) elder
Clayton Mack (1910-1993). Like other Nuxalk people, Mr. Mack had close
ties to Ulkatcho Carrier people, so many of his memories are relevant
to Carrier history as well.
Mack, Clayton (1994)
Bella Coola Man: More Stories of Clayton Mack.
Compiled and edited by Harvey Thommasen.
Vancouver: Harbour Publishing.
A collection of reminiscences by the late
Nuxalk (Bella Coola) elder
Clayton Mack (1910-1993). Like other Nuxalk people, Mr. Mack had close
ties to Ulkatcho Carrier people, so many of his memories are relevant
to Carrier history as well.
Mackenzie, Alexander (1801/1962)
Journal of the Voyage to the Pacific.
Walter Sheppe, ed. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Reprinted 1995 at New York by Dover.
The journal of the leader of the Northwest Company explorers who
in 1793 were the first known Europeans to pass through Carrier territory.
Maud, Ralph (1982)
A Guide to British Columbia Indian Myths and Legends.
Vancouver: Talonbooks.
Contains a discussion of the stories recorded by Father Morice.
Mitchell, Rennel
Treasures of the Carrier people : an introduction to Carrier material culture and research findings on the Parks Canada Athapaskan collection.
Prince George, B.C.: Fraser-Fort George Regional Museum. 107 pp.
Abstract: "This report is a comprehensive overview of Carrier material culture, and attempts to fill in the large gap left by the minimal coverage of Carrier material in the broader Athapaskan context. This presentation of Carrier material is based on a database of over 800 items compiled from three primary sources: archival sources, major museum collections, and from interviews with Carrier Elders conducted during the course of this research. The items in the database cover the time period from the mid-nineteenth century, just a few decades after first contact in the region, up to the present-day. The material represents every facet of Carrier cultural life, from the practical, such as clothing, hunting and fishing technology, and everyday household items, to the ceremonial, such as Chief and shaman regalia and other significant ritual objects."
Judgement at Stoney Creek.
Vancouver: Tillacum Library.
An account of the death of Coreen Thomas, a young woman from Stoney
Creek, who was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a white man,
and the subsequent inquest, trial, and political controversy.
"Are the Carrier Sociology and Mythology Indigenous or Exotic?"
Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada for
the Year 18922.109-126.
"La femme chez les Dénés,"
Mémoires et Délibérations du XV-ieme Congrès des Américanistes tenu à Québec du 10 au 15 septembre 19061.361-394.
Quebec: Dussault & Proulx.
Carrier-Sekani Hereditary Chiefs, Elders, Active Members and
Balhats Seating Plan.
Prince George: Self-Government Department, Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council.
Richardson, Boyce (1993)
People of Terra Nullius.
Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre.
Contains a discussion of the reasons for the separation of Lheidli T'enneh
from the Carrier-Sekani Tribal Council.
A Selection of Traditional Medicine Remedies Important to Contemporary
Carrier People in their Treatment of Disease.
Unpublished M.A. thesis, Department of Botany, University of British
Columbia.
"The Cheslatta Carrier Nation: Then and Now"
in Nyan Whut'en Hubughunek (Cheslatta Carrier Dictionary).
Burns Lake, BC: Cheslatta Carrier Nation. pp. 3-21.
Oral history recorded by Nak'azdli (Fort Saint James) elders.
In English translation.
Sedgwick, J. Kent (2012)
Lheidli T'enneh Cemetery, Prince George: a documented history.
Prince George: College of New Caledonia Press. 70pp, with numerous illustrations. ISBN 978-0-92108762-5
A history of the Lheidli T'enneh Cemetery in what is now Fort George Park. Includes a section (pp. 57-68) by William J. Poser on the surviving headstones, with transcription and translation of the Carrier syllabic inscriptions.
Steward, Julian (1961)
"Carrier acculturation: the direct historical approach,"
in Stanley Diamond (ed.)
Culture in History: Essays in Honour of Paul Rabin.
New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 732-744.
Describes the medicinal use of 22 plants. Each plant is identified by
its Carrier name, English common name, and scientific name and is illustrated
by one or more colour photographs. Aspects of the collection and preparation
are described and illustrated. iv+71pp, index.