Lighting the eighth fire : the liberation, resurgence, and protection of Indigenous Nations

Simpson, Leanne, 1971- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781894037334
Physical Description: print
232 p. : port. ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Winnipeg : Arbeiter Ring Pub., c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Travelling down the river of life together in peace and friendship, forever" : Haudenosaunee land ethics and treaty agreements as the basis for restructuring the relationship with the British crown / Susan M. Hill -- "To fish as formerly" : the Douglas treaties and the WSANEC reef-net fisheries / Nicholas Xumthoult Claxton -- Strengthening our relations in Gespe'gewa'gi, the seventh district of Mi'gma'gi / Fred (Gopit) Metallic -- Our elder brothers : the lifeblood of resurgence / Leanne Simpson -- Keepers of the water : Nishnaabe-kwewag speaking for the water / Renée Elizabeth Mzinegiizhigo-kwe Bédard -- The friendship wampum : maintaining traditional practices in our contemporary interactions in the valley of the Kiji Sibi / Paula Sherman -- Living Inuit governance in Nunavut / Jackie Price -- Ooshkahneekwayweuk, living what I love most / Jocelyn Cheechoo -- The environment of indigenous economies : honouring the three sisters and recentreing haudenosaunee ways of life / Laura Hall -- Bimaadziwin Oodenaag : a pathway to urban Nishnaabe resurgence / Brock Pitawanakwat -- The colonization and decolonization of indigenous diversity / Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez -- Beyond recognition : indigenous self-determination as prefigurative practice / Glen Coulthard -- Nogojiwanong : the place at the foot of the rapids / Leanne Simpson.