Return to the Drum: Teaching Among the Dene in Canada's North

by Wynne Morris Miggs

"Return to the Drum" is a story about survival—the survival of a people and their way of life. Focusing on the history of the Sahtuot’ine of Great Bear Lake and the struggles that follow their first encounters with Euro-Canadians in the 1800s, Miggs Wynne Morris weaves together their story with her own.

Genres: Indigenous

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Anonda Canadien · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve been around non-Indigenous teachers my whole life, esp. growing up in the sub arctic. This book is that exact same experience, except from the non-Indigenous perspective. How vast it may seem, the amount of land free of development and how little the towns seem to a southerner. Very good read, glad I picked it up. Also glimpses of leaders within the Sahtu and overall Denendeh was cool.

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating description of life in a remote First Nations village in the North, told by a teacher who lived and taught there in the 60ies and came back for a visit 30 years later.