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Me tomorrow : Indigenous views on the future / compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.
TITLE:
Me tomorrow : Indigenous views on the future / compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
Madeira Park, B.C. : Douglas & McIntyre,
Physical Description:
211 p.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
First Nations, MÔetis and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada and around the world. Discussing everything from language renewal to sci-fi, this collection is an expression of imagination rooted in social critique, cultural experience, traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island. In Me Tomorrow... Darrel J. McLeod, Cree author from Treaty-8 territory in Northern Alberta, blends the four elements of the Indigenous cosmovision with the four directions of the medicine wheel to create a prayer for the power, strength and resilience of Indigenous peoples. Autumn Peltier, Anishinaabe water-rights activist, tells the origin story of her present and future career in advocacy--and how the nine months she spent in her mother's womb formed her first water teaching. When the water breaks, like snow melting in the spring, new life comes. Lee Maracle, acclaimed S¾t:lM Nation author and educator, reflects on cultural revival--imagining a future a century from now in which Indigenous people are more united than ever before.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781771622943