- Octavo, softcover bound in cream-colored printed wraps. The top 2-1/2 inches of he wraps are detached & their top corners are lightly creased. There is a tiny chip to the front edge of the front wrap. 6 pages. Black-and-white illustrations, including a map showing the territory of the tribes. Very good. National Museum of Canada's guide to the Anthropological Exhibits. Leaflet 3, 1938. Eight tribes shared the basin of Mackenzie River: Chipewyan, Beaver, Sekani, Slave, Yellowknife, Dogrib, Hare and Nathani. Some scholars believe the Mackenzie River natives to be the last people to migrate from Asia into America, arriving not many centuries before the Christian era. At the time of this publication the territory's population was only about 4,000.
Title: MACKENZIE RIVER TRIBES. (Cover title).
Location Published: Canada: National Museum of Canada, 1938.: 1938.
Book Condition: Very good
Categories: Anthropology
Seller ID: 95369
Keywords: 1938, americana, anthropology, canadian indians, canadiana, first nations, illustrations, leaflet 3, mackenzie river basin., mackenzie river tribes, map, national museum of canada guide to the anthropological exhibits