The Idle No More Movement and Language: Speaking our languages as foundational acts of everyday renewal and community resurgence....

[Richard Zane Smith]

Thanks for sharing that Heather!
its always good to hear others say what you've wanted to say, but then they
put them in just the right words.
One thing I've learned is:   *
happily colonized assimilated tribal members ... is a contradiction
*like saying:  soaking dry  or  freezing flames,

Sǫhahiyǫh
(Richard)



On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Heather Souter <hsouter at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Pondering the Idle No More Movement and Language: Speaking our languages
> as foundational acts of everyday renewal and community resurgence....
> *
> Lately I have been reading the work of Cherokee scholar Jeff Corntassel
> and Mohawk scholar Taiaiake Alfred.  I found the following two excellent
> quotes in Jeff Corntassel's recent writing, Re-envisioning resurgence:
> Indigenous pathways to decolonization and sustainable
> self-determination....
>
> "A peoplehood model provides a useful way of thinking about the nature of
> everyday resurgence practices both personally and collectively. If one
> thinks of peoplehood as the interlocking features of language, homeland,
> ceremonial cycles, and sacred living histories, a disruption to any one of
> these practices threatens all aspects of everyday life. The complex
> spiritual, political and social relationships that hold peoplehood together
> are continuously renewed. These daily acts of renewal, whether through
> prayer, speaking your language, honoring your ancestors, etc., are the
> foundations of resurgence." p. 89,
>
> "...[E]veryday acts of resurgence aren’t glamorous or expedient. It might
> involve a personal vow to only eat food that has been hunted, fished or
> grown by Indigenous peoples, and/or speaking one’s language to family
> members or in social media groups, or even growing traditional foods in
> your own backyard." p. 98, ibid.
>
> The full article can be accessed online.  The citation and link follow.
>
> Jeff Corntassel, Re-envisioning resurgence: Indigenous pathways to
> decolonization and sustainable self-determination
> Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012, pp.
> 86-­‐101, 2012, J. Corntassel
> This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
> Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License (
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0), permitting all
> non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
> the original work is properly cited.
>
> http://decolonization.org/index.php/des/article/view/18627
>
>


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