The Orders of the Dreamed”

Michael Asch lived in the Dene community of Pe T&h Kj (Wrigley), located in the upper basin of the Mackenzie River Valley on the east bank of the Mackenzie River.In this book Asch focuses on the social organization of the community and its drum-dance music during the period immediately following the move, instigated by the federal government, from bush to town.The first two chapters, dealing with geography, history and economics, provide a detailed account of the daily life in Pe TiCh Kj.With chapter 3, "Social Structure and Organization," the easy reading is over.This chapter recapitulates the data presented in Asch's doctoral dissertation (1972).It is full of sociological concepts on kinship systems, which is heavy going for those of us not conversant with the intricacies of kinship terminology.Asch discusses the changes that the move into town brought about: First and foremost, households which would not have been part of the local band in the bush were now neighbours.This, plus the increase in the number of people with whom one resided (from approximately 30 to 120), caused friction that did not exist when people lived in the bush.Second, the grouping of people from which marriage partners were selected in the past now lived in the same community.This created a significant problem because it had not been considered appropriate for people who reside together to marry [p

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