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

[Heather Souter]

Taanshi, Sǫhahiyǫh eekwa kakiyaw kiyawaw,

If you are interested in hearing Jeff Corntassel and Taiaiake Alfred speak
on contemporary colonialism and ways of countering it (resurgence!), go to
this link for a video lecture by these two scholars
http://stream.ufv.ca/onDemand/RAN/RAN_25-Jan-2012.wmv

Eekoshi.
Heather

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Richard Zane Smith <rzs at wildblue.net>wrote:

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