Centering Anishinaabeg Studies

Understanding the World through Stories

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

AvJill Doerfler,Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair,Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark

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For the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional or sacred narratives) to dibaajimowinan (histories and news)—as well as everything in between—storytelling is one of the central practices and methods of individual and community existence. Stories create and understand, survive and endure, revitalize and persist. They honor the past, recognize the present, and provide visions of the future. In remembering, (re)making, and (re)writing stories, Anishinaabeg storytellers have forged a well-traveled path of agency, resistance, and resurgence. Respecting this tradition, this groundbreaking anthology features twenty-four contributors who utilize creative and critical approaches to propose that this people’s stories carry dynamic answers to questions posed within Anishinaabeg communities, nations, and the world at large. Examining a range of stories and storytellers across time and space, each contributor explores how narratives form a cultural, political, and historical foundation for Anishinaabeg Studies. Written by Anishinaabeg and non-Anishinaabeg scholars, storytellers, and activists, these essays draw upon the power of cultural expression to illustrate active and ongoing senses of Anishinaabeg life. They are new and dynamic bagijiganan, revealing a viable and sustainable center for Anishinaabeg Studies, what it has been, what it is, what it can be.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt596 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAmerican Indian Studies
Antal sidor446
FörlagMichigan State University Press
ISBN9781611860672

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Jill Doerfler (White Earth Anishinaabe) is Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota–Duluth. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair (St. Peter's/Little Peguis Anishinaabe) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba. Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark (Turtle Mountain Anishinaabe) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria.

Contents Maajitaadaa: Nanaboozhoo and the Flood, Part 2 - John Borrows Bagijige: Making an Offering - Jill Doerfler, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair, and Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Eko-bezhig Bagijigan: Stories as Roots Is That All There Is? Tribal Literature - Basil H. Johnston Name’: Literary Ancestry as Presence - Heid E. Erdrich Beshaabiiag G’gikenmaaigowag: Comets of Knowledge - Margaret Noori Eko-niizh Bagijigan: Stories as Relationships The Story Is a Living Being: Companionship with Stories in Anishinaabeg Studies - Eva Marie Garroutte and Kathleen Delores Westcott K’zaugin: Storying Ourselves into Life - Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair Teaching as Story - Thomas Peacock Eko-niswi Bagijigan: Stories as Revelations Every Dream Is a Prophecy: Rethinking Revitalization — Dreams, Prophets, and Routinized Cultural Evolution - Cary Miller Constitutional Narratives: A Conversation with Gerald Vizenor - Gerald Vizenor and James Mackay And the Easter Bunny Dies: Old Traditions from New Stories - Julie Pelletier Eko-niiwin Bagijigan: Stories as Resiliency A Philosophy for Living: Ignatia Broker and Constitutional Reform among the White Earth Anishinaabeg - Jill Doerfler A Perfect Copy: Indian Culture and Tribal Law - Matthew L. M. Fletcher The Hydromythology of the Anishinaabeg: Will Mishipizhu Survive Climate Change, or Is He Creating It? - Melissa K. Nelson Eko-naanan Bagijigan: Stories as Resistance Wild Rice Rights: Gerald Vizenor and an Affiliation of Story - Kimberly Blaeser Transforming the Trickster: Federal Indian Law Encounters Anishinaabe Diplomacy - Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark Theorizing Resurgence from within Nishnaabeg Thought - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson with Edna Manitowabi Eko-ingodwaasi Bagijigan: Stories as Reclamation Aadizookewininiwag and the Visual Arts: Story as Process and Principle in Twenty-First Century Anishinaabeg Painting - David Stirrup Stories as Mshkiki: Reflections on the Healing and Migratory Practices of Minwaajimo - Dylan A. T. Miner Horizon Lines, Medicine Painting, and Moose Calling: The Visual/Performative Storytelling of Three Anishinaabeg Artists - Molly McGlennen Eko-niizhwaasi Bagijigan: Stories as Reflections Anishinaabeg Studies: Creative, Critical, Ethical, and Reflexive Brock Pitawanakwat Telling All of Our Stories: Reorienting the Legal and Political Events of the Anishinaabeg - Keith Richotte Jr. On the Road Home: Stories and Reflections from Neyaashiinigiming - Lindsay Keegitah Borrows About the Authors