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Keetsahnak : our missing and murdered Indigenous sisters / Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell & Christi Belcourt, editors.

Anderson, Kim, 1964- (editor.). Campbell, Maria, 1940- (editor.). Belcourt, Christi, 1966- (editor.).

Summary:

"In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly. This important collective volume both witnesses the significance of the travelling exhibition Walking With Our Sisters and creates a model for antiviolence work from an Indigenous perspective. The contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with "tradition," and problematic notions involved in "helping." Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781772123678
ISBN: 1772123676
Physical Description: xxx, 367 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: I. All Our Relations -- 1. Voices from the Downtown Eastside / Beatrice Starr -- 2. Honouring Women / Beverly Jacobs -- 3. Sacred Sisters and Sacred Circles -- Story of One Nehiyawak Family and the Power of Spirit / Sandra Lamouche -- 4. Honouring Elsie -- Was She just a Dream? / Sarah Hunt -- II. Violence of History -- 5. Generations of Genocide -- Historical and Sociological Context of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Cirls / Robyn Bourgeois -- 6. Tradition of Violence -- Dehumanization, Stereotyping, and Indigenous Women / Michelle Good -- 7. (Un)Making of Property -- Gender Violence and the Legal Status of Long Island Algonquian Women / Kelsey T. Leonard -- 8. (The Missing Chapter) On Being Missing -- From Indian Problem to Indian Problematic / Maya Ode'Amik Chacaby -- III. Challenges -- 9. Violence and Extraction -- Stories from the Oil Fields / Helen Knott -- 10. Skirting the Issues -- Indigenous Myths, Misses, and Misogyny / Alex Wilson -- 11. Moose in the Room -- Indigenous Men and Violence against Women / Kim Anderson -- 12. Considering Wenonah, Considering Us -- Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy -- 13. Centring Resurgence -- Taking on Colonial Gender Violence in Indigenous Nation Building / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- IV. Action, Always -- 14. Islowewuk E-wichiwitochik -- Saskatchewan Community Actiuism to Address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls / Rita Bouvier -- 15. Woman Sacred / Pahan Pte San Win -- 16. Leading with Our Hearts -- Anti-Violence Action and Beadwork Circles as Colonial Resistance / Kimberly Robertson.