ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes that a particular type of tension existed in Athabaskan societies and that this was the result of the kinds of bonds into which people entered. It explores the implications of how self-definition emerges. The book suggests that the basis for the way in which the solidarity of the polity may be expressed lies ultimately in the implicit beliefs which people hold about how being human is defined. 'Traditional' as a value in itself means very little to the Sekani. Sekani socio-political development reflects the application of their notion of unity expressed as limited brotherhood, especially as these limits are interpreted by the Sekani in terms of spatial location and frequency of interaction.
