What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvJohn Hausdoerffer,Brooke Parry Hecht,Melissa K. Nelson,Katherine Kassouf Cummings

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As we face an ever-more-fragmented world, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? demands a return to the force of lineage—to spiritual, social, and ecological connections across time. It sparks a myriad of ageless-yet-urgent questions: How will I be remembered? What traditions do I want to continue? What cycles do I want to break? What new systems do I want to initiate for those yet-to-be-born? How do we endure? Published in association with the Center for Humans and Nature and interweaving essays, interviews, and poetry, this book brings together a thoughtful community of Indigenous and other voices—including Linda Hogan, Wendell Berry, Winona LaDuke, Vandana Shiva, Robin Kimmerer, and Wes Jackson—to explore what we want to give to our descendants. It is an offering to teachers who have come before and to those who will follow, a tool for healing our relationships with ourselves, with each other, and with our most powerful ancestors—the lands and waters that give and sustain all life.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-28
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt367 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagThe University of Chicago Press
ISBN9780226777436

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John Hausdoerffer is dean of the School of Environment & Sustainability at Western Colorado University. Most recently, he is coeditor of Wildness: Relations of People and Place. For more information, visit www.jhausdoerffer.com. He lives in living in Gunnison, CO. Brooke Parry Hecht is president of the Center for Humans and Nature at www.humansandnature.org. Melissa K. Nelson (Anishinaabe/Métis [Turtle Mountain Chippewa]) is professor of Indigenous sustainability at Arizona State University and president of the Cultural Conservancy, a Native-led Indigenous rights organization. Most recently, she is coeditor of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability. Katherine Kassouf Cummings serves as managing editor at the Center for Humans and Nature and leads Questions for a Resilient Future.

IntroductionPoem: Unsigned Letter to a Human in the 21st CenturyJamaal MayI. Embedded: Our ancestral responsibility is deeply rooted in a multigenerational relationship to place.a. Poem: Great GranddaddyTaiyon Colemanb. Essays: i. Ancestor of FireAaron A. Abeytaii. GroundedAubrey Streit Krugiii. My Home / It’s Called the Darkest WildSean Prentissc. Interview: Wendell BerryLeah Bayensd. Poem: To the Children of the 21st CenturyFrances H. KakugawaII. Reckoning: Reckoning with ancestors causing and ancestors enduring historical trauma.a. Poem: Forgiveness?Shannon Gibneyb. Essays: i. Sister’s StoriesEryn Wiseii. Of Land and LegacyLindsay Lunsfordiii. Cheddar ManBrooke Williamsiv. FormidableKathleen Dean Moorec. Interview: Caleen SiskBrooke Parry Hecht and Toby McLeodd. Poem: Promises, PromisesFrances H. KakugawaIII. Healing: Enhancing some ancestral cycles while breaking others.a. Poem: To Future KinBrian Calvertb. Essays:i. Moving with the Rhythm of LifeKatherine Kassouf Cummingsii. (A Korowai) For When You Are LostManea Sweeneyiii. To Hope of Becoming AncestorsPrincess Daazhraii Johnson and Julianne Warrenc. Interview: Camille T. Dungy and Crystal Williamsd. Poem: Yes I WillFrances H. KakugawaIV. Interwoven: Our descendants will know the kind of ancestor we are by reading the lands and waters where we lived.a. Poem: Alive in This CenturyLeora Gansworthb. Essays:i. What Is Your Rice?John Hausdoerfferii. Restoring Indigenous Mindfulness within the Commons of Human ConsciousnessJack Loeffleriii. Reading Records with Estella LeopoldCurt Meineiv. How to Be Better AncestorsWinona LaDukec. Interview: Wes JacksonJohn Hausdoerffer and Julianne Lutz Warrend. Poem: OmoiyareFrances H. KakugawaV. Earthly: Other-than-human beings are our ancestors, too.a. Poem: LEAFElizabeth Herronb. Essays:i. The City Bleeds Out (Reflections on Lake Michigan)Gavin Van Hornii. I Want the Earth to Know Me as a FriendEnrique Salmóniii. The Apple TreePeter Forbesiv. HumusCatroina Sandilandsv. Building Good SoilRobin Kimmererc. Interview: Vandana ShivaJohn Hausdoerfferd. Poem: Your InheritanceFrances H. KakugawaVI. Seventh Firea. Poem: Time TravelerLyla June Johnstonb. Essays: i. Seeds Native Youth Guardians of the Waters 2017 Participants and Nicola Wagenbergii. Onëö’ (Word for Corn in Seneca)Kaylena Brayiii. LandingOscar Guttierez iv. RegenerativeMelissa K. Nelsonv. NourishingRowen Whitevi. LightRachel Wolfgramm and Chellie Spillerc. Interview: Ilarion MerculieffBrooke Parry Hechtd. Poem: Lost in the Milky WayLinda HoganAcknowledgmentsNotesAbout the ContributorsIndex