Being Indigenous

Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity
Herausgeber: Greymorning, Neyooxet

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book considers the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today and provides valuable historical and political insight into the lingering impacts that colonization has had on their languages, cultures, and identities. It gives voice to an impressive range of Indigenous authors who share their knowledge and perspectives. The volume includes the experiences of Indigenous peoples from a variety of countries, ranging from the United States and Canada to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Greenland, Norway and Russia. The chapters cover topics including knowledge base systems, cultural ways of being, colonization, identity, activism, philosophy, language and cultural survival.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138314900
• ISBN-10: 1138314900
• Artikelnr.: 54710603

Autorenporträt

Neyooxet Greymorning is a Professor in the Departments of Native American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Montana, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Examining a Political Reality of Indigenous Language and
Culture 2. Life After Land Loss: Forced Relocation Policies and their
Consequences for the Kola Sámi 3. Eualeyai Story Tracks 4. The Staying
Force of Inuit Knowledge 5. Traditions and Traditional Knowledge in the
Sámi culture 6. The Lessons of Coyote and the Medicine Tree 7.
Colonization as Myth-Making; A Case Study in Aotearoa 8. Of This Red Earth
9. For a Greenlandic Independence 10. The Split-Head Resistance and
Reconciliation 11. Reflections and Feelings Deriving from a Pulakaumaka
within my Heart 12. Original ('Indigenous') Nations and Philosophical
Activism 13. She Must be Civilized, She Paints Her Toenails 14. Current
Status of Ainu Cultural Revitalization 15. Language Rejuvenation and
Accelerated Second Language Acquisition 16. Literacy and Revitalizing
Endangered Languages 17. A Discussion on Blackfoot Language Rejuvenation