From the Land documents clothing made by the Dene, the Athapaskan-speaking peoples of CanadaOs Northwest Territories, from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Information has been gleaned from a variety of sources, including the writings of traders, explorers, and missionaries, Native oral traditions, twentieth-century studies by anthropologists, and recent publications by Dene individuals and groups. Excerpts from interviews with Dene seamstresses are interwoven with the text. From the Land contains a wealth of visual material, from early sketches and paintings, to recent photographs, patterns, and illustrations of clothing from museum collections.