The Man Who Lived with a Giant: Stories from Johnny Neyelle, Dene Elder

vii Preface xi Introduction xi The Sahtu Dene xii Telling My Dad’s Story Morris Neyelle xiii Story and Dene Philosophy Johnny Neyelle I Sacred and Traditional Stories 3 The Man Who Lived with a Giant 9 Bone Grease from the Sky: How the Animals Became Fat 13 Doo-roo-tseh, the Medicine Man 17 Kidnapped Woman Escapes 27 A Man and His Mother Turn to Cannibalism 31 Ia’eh, the Evil Strong Medicine Man 37 Tł’o-k’áe-tee, the Medicine Man 41 Yamorehya, the One Who Walked the World 59 Yamogah and Ayonia II Oral Histories from the Life of Johnny Neyelle 69 Life with My Parents, Jacque Neyelle and Marie Kotoyeneh 81 Trapping with My Father 89 Jacque Neyelle’s Story 95 A Trip to Mackenzie Mountain 101 The Dream, 1940s 105 Advice from My Parents 111 The Hunt to Whiskeyjack Point 115 Tragedies of the Past 117 Epilogue: Goodbye to Johnny Morris Neyelle 121 Afterword: The Editing Process 125 Genealogy of the Extended Neyelle Family 137 Glossary of North Slavey Words