Yamoria the Lawmaker

Important Shipping Notice: Due to the ongoing Canada Post strike, delivery times may be longer than usual. Where possible, we’ll use alternative shipping methods to help get your order to you sooner. We appreciate your patience and understanding as your order makes its way to you.

A note to US-based customers: All Lit Up is pausing print orders to the USA until further notice. Read more

Read Excerpt

By (author): George Blondin

Dene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the northern Canadian Dene came to depend on the European fur traders&#46 The result is a magical journey for readers of any heritage&#46

AUTHOR

George Blondin

George Blondin is a Dene Elder who was born in 1923 in the Northwest Territories&#46 He has been a wilderness guide&#44 a miner&#44 a trapper&#44 Vice President of the Dene Nation&#44 and in 1989 was elected chairman of the Denendah Elder<&#146>s Council&#46 He now works part<&#45>time with the Dene Cultural Institution and writes articles for local newspapers&#46 In 1990&#44 Mr&#46 Blondin was the recipient of the annual Ross Charles award for native journalism&#46 He is the author of When the World Was New and Yamoria the Lawmaker&#46