This Is an Honour Song
by Simpson, Leanne; Ladner, Kiera L.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-04-20
Publisher(s): Arbeiter Ring Pub
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Summary
This is an Honour Song is a collection of narratives, poetry, and essays exploring the broad impact of the 1990 resistance at Kanehsatà:ke, otherwise known as the 'œOka Crisis'. Â The book is written by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, scholars, activists and traditional people, and is sung as an Honour Song celebrating the commitment, sacrifices and achievements of the Kanien'kehaka individuals and communities involved.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. IX |
| This Is An Honour Song | p. 1 |
| Bad Indians | p. 11 |
| Niimkiig | p. 15 |
| How Far Would You Go? A Women's Perspective on the Twenty Years Since the ôOka Crisisö | p. 21 |
| Oka To Ipperwash: The Necessity of Flashpoint Events | p. 29 |
| Cowboys and Indians | p. 47 |
| Dust | p. 53 |
| When Hope Can Be a Lie | p. 55 |
| Hashinoqwah | p. 59 |
| Honour Songs in Multiple Harmonies | p. 75 |
| Learning Relations and Grounding Solidarity: A Critical Approach to Honouring Struggle | p. 91 |
| Lessons From the Bridge: On the Possibilities of Anti-Racist Feminist Alliances in Indigenous Spaces | p. 105 |
| The Crisis in Oka, Manitoba | p. 125 |
| Love and Other Resistances: Responding To Kahnesatà:ke Through Artistic Practice | p. 165 |
| Visual Artists | p. 175 |
| How Golf And Lasagna Changed My Life Or The Kanehsatà:ke Resistance Of 1990 | p. 195 |
| Ayum-Ee-Aawach Oomama-Mowan: Speaking to Their Mother | p. 205 |
| Untitled | p. 211 |
| Rights And Roots: Addressing A New Wave of Colonialism | p. 213 |
| The Seventh Generation | p. 219 |
| ôWe'Re Protecting, Not Protestingö: | p. 223 |
| Protecting Our Lands | p. 229 |
| Echoes Of Impermanence: Kanehsatà:Ke, Bimaadiziiwin and the Idea of Canada | p. 235 |
| Cîhcam | p. 245 |
| The Journalist and the Angry White Mob: Reflections from the Field | p. 249 |
| Angry Indians, Settler Guilt, and the Challenges of Decolonization and Resurgence | p. 261 |
| The Mohawk Refusal | p. 271 |
| You're Enemy Tongue | p. 275 |
| Gratitude And Inspiration: An Honour Song About Kanehsatà:Ke | p. 279 |
| The Human Right to Celebrate: Achieving Justice for Aboriginal Peoples | p. 289 |
| From Little Things... | p. 299 |
| Wísakedják and the Colonizer | p. 315 |
| Epilogue: Fraudulent Theft of Mohawk Land by the Municipality of Oka | p. 345 |
| Contributors | p. 349 |
| Index | p. 359 |
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