Johnny Neyelle

Abstract

Johnny Neyelle is an outspoken individual, one whose self-confidence has enabled him to take action in situations where others remained quiet, and whose range of abilities and talents is very great. Yet the basic store of his livelihood and family relations is a familiar one to Dene people of his era. ... In his seventies, Johnny still goes out on the land to hunt and trap, as he has done all his life. He goes by himself, which is rather unusual, although these days he carries a two-way radio with him. As times have changed, it is not always easy to find family members or partners to go on the land, and the common alternative is not to go. ...