“Inspiring, healing, and future-facing, this long overdue book gives us valuable new insights into the histories and identities of Métis people.”
Authors
- Pages
- 224
- Published in
- Winnipeg, CA
- Rights
- The Authors
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Contents 6
- Foreword 10
- The Work of Métis Women: An Introduction 18
- Part One: Identity 22
- Chapter 1. Brown Names 24
- Chapter 2. We Know Ourselves 29
- Chapter 3. Kaa-waakohtoochik: The Ones Who Are Related to Each Other 32
- Chapter 4. The Roots Always Remain: Reconnecting to Our Communities in the Twenty-First Century 45
- Chapter 5. For the Love of Place—Not Just Any Place: Selected Metis Writings 56
- Chapter 6. Coming Home through Métis Research 64
- Chapter 7. Valuing Métis Identity in the Prairies through a “5 R” Lens: Our Digital Storytelling Journey 74
- Chapter 8. Prenatal/Postpartum Ceremonies and Parenting as Michif Self-Determination 86
- Chapter 9. Medicine Women 101
- Chapter 10. Lii Michif 104
- Chapter 11. Water Has No Flag 108
- Part Two: Women in the Academy 114
- Chapter 12. Métis Women’s Contributions to the Academy despite Colonial Patriarchy 116
- Chapter 13. Connecting to Our Ancestors through Archaeology: Stories of Three Métis Women Academics 129
- Chapter 14. Métis Women Educating in the Academy 139
- Chapter 15. Structural and Lateral Violence toward Metis Women in the Academy 153
- Part Three: Research Methodology 166
- Chapter 16. Métis Research and Relationality: Auntie Governance, the Visiting Way, and Kitchen Table Reflections 168
- Chapter 17. Lii Taab di Faam Michif/Métis Women’s Kitchen Table: Practising Our Sovereignty 186
- Chapter 18. Wahkotowin: An Approach to Indigenous (Land-Based) Education 200
- Chapter 19. Kaa-natoonamaan taanshi chi-ishi-natoonikeeyaan: My Search for How to Research Things (in a Queer Métis Paradigm) 213
- Chapter 20. Differentiating Métis Feminism 217
- Chapter 21. Celebrating the Wisdom of Our Métis Matriarchs: Sewing Our Wellness All Together—Kood Toot Aansamb 229
- Chapter 22. if the land could speak 248
- Bibliography 264
- Contributors 292