Title: Kinship and the drum dance in a northern Dene community /
Authors: Asch, Michael
Publisher: Boreal Institute for Northern Studies,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Indian dance Northwest Territories.; Tinne dance.; Tinne Indians Social life and customs.; Indians of North America Northwest Territories Social life and customs.
Abstract: An examination of an approach to the analysis of musical sound using the Slavey Drum Dance, as practised at Wrigley, Northwest Territories, by the Dene community. Based on fieldwork in 1969-1970 and reported in the author's doctoral dissertation.
Contents: A geographic and historical description of the Pe Ts̓h́ Kí Region -- Economic life -- Social structure and organization -- Kinds of music and instruments in Pe Ts̓h́ Kí -- The social organization of the drum dance -- The music of the Dene drum dance -- On the meaning of the drum dance -- A perspective from 1988 -- Transcription of a song.