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Book SynopsisFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealthits abundance of sweet, juicy berriesto meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensu

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Book SynopsisDrawing on ancient Aboriginal wisdom, a leading Indigenous Australian healer and an Elder show you how to find contentment, purpose, and healing by learning to reconnect with your story?and ultimately the universe. Dr. Paul Callaghan belongs to the land of the Worimi people who live north of Sydney along the east coast of Australia. Raised to live the western way, Paul found himself mired in deep depression?struggling to find meaning while raising a family and working as a senior education executive. Desperate to break free of his restlessness, he made a drastic change: He ?went bush? and connected with his elders to ?walk Country? and learn Aboriginal traditions. Twenty years later, Paul is an expert healer and spiritual guide eager to share the wisdom of his ancestors and the insights he discovered on his life journey.In this affirming, empowering, and transformative book, he teaches you about the Dreaming Path?a connection to the earth and the universe, past, present, and future that has always been there, but can be difficult to find amid the chaos of the modern world.The Dreaming Path offers tips, practices, inspiration, and motivation that can enable you to achieve a profound state of mind, body, and spirit wellness, while encouraging you to think deeply about essential life topics, including: Caring for our place and the importance of story Relationships, sharing, and unity Love, gratitude, and humility Learning and living your truth Inspiration and resilience Being present and healing from the past Contentment Leading The Dreaming Path reminds us that we are our stories; by learning to recognize that we are all an indelible part of something much larger, we can begin to heal ourselves and our communities.

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Book SynopsisSebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region for six years: the forest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there—an irreplaceable treasure of humanity. In the book’s foreword Salgado writes: “For me, it is the last frontier, a mysterious universe of its own, where the immense power of nature can be felt as nowhere else on earth. Here is a forest stretching to infinity that contains one-tenth of all living plant and animal species, the world’s largest single natural laboratory.” Salgado visited a dozen indigenous tribes that exist in small communities scattered across the largest tropical rainforest in the world. He documented the daily life of the Yanomami, the Asháninka, the Yawanawá, the Suruwahá, the Zo’é, the Kuikuro, the Waurá, the Kamayurá, the Korubo, the Marubo, the Awá, and the Macuxi—their warm family bonds, their hunting and fishing, the manner in which they prepare and share meals, their marvelous talent for painting their faces and bodies, the significance of their shamans, and their dances and rituals. Sebastião Salgado has dedicated this book to the indigenous peoples of Brazil’s Amazon region: “My wish, with all my heart, with all my energy, with all the passion I possess, is that in 50 years’ time this book will not resemble a record of a lost world. Amazônia must live on.” INSTITUTO TERRA Founded in 1998 at Aimorés in the state of Minas Gerais, Instituto Terra is the culmination of Lélia Wanick Salgado and Sebastião Salgado’s lifelong activism and work as cultural documentarians. Through a scientific program of planting and raising saplings, the organization has performed a miraculous reforestation of the once infertile region and furthered the Salgados’ mission of reversing the damage done to our planet. TASCHEN is proud to reach carbon zero status through our continued partnership. Also available in a Collector's Edition and four Art Editions, each with a signed silver gelatin print, all with a book stand designed by Renzo Piano.Trade Review“Sebastião Salgado has spent more than two decades documenting the complex lives of Indigenous Amazonian people as they stand strong in the face of unrelenting colonial forces.” * Scientific American *“Superb….. Salgado mythologises the landscapes he photographs.” * theguardian.com *“A revealing and intimate study.” * thisiscolossal.com *“If one of the purposes of art is to help us see the world around us, then Sebastião Salgado’s photographs in Amazônia does so in the most spectacular way imaginable.” * spectator.co.uk *“In over 500 pages of stunning and captivating photos and text, Salgado delivers a piercing look at a lost world, still surviving but under immense threat.” * ecowatch.com *“If Salgado’s book Genesis was a quest to document places on Earth unblemished by humans, his latest volume Amazônia speaks to the idea that humans can live on this planet in a sustainable way, through profiling the forest’s indigenous communities, and offering fresh perspectives on the forest itself.” * CNN.com *“Amazônia, a stunning succession of black and white panoramas. Looking through his images, I feel the same awe I would feel in front of sublime paintings: serpentine rivers flow through seemingly limitless forests, sheer-sided rock escarpments vanish into skies, and apocalyptic clouds loom over wispy treetops.” * The Guardian *“Capture[s] the sheer scale of the still-unspoiled heart of this wilderness.” * The Guardian *“[Sebastião Salgado] spent six years capturing the Amazon rainforest and its Indigenous inhabitants, making a case for their ecological and cultural importance.” * The New York Times *“This book is a powerfully persuasive voice in an increasingly urgent campaign.” * The Times *“An exceptional book on the beauty of this almost lost paradise, threatened by a galloping deforestation.” * Le Soir *“This book is dedicated to the indigenous peoples of Brazil’s Amazon region. It is a celebration of the survival of their cultures, customs, and languages. It is also a tribute to their role as the guardians of the beauty, natural resources, and biodiversity of the planet’s largest rainforest in the face of unrelenting assault by the outside world. We are eternally grateful to them for allowing us to share their lives.” * Sebastião Salgado and Lélia Wanick Salgado *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Mike Jay is an eminent writer on mind-stilling and mind-expanding substances [. . .] Mescaline reads like the culmination of a lifetime’s wanderings in the very farthest out-posts of scientific and medical history”— Ian Sansom, The Guardian“Mike Jay’s history of mescaline use is a bit of a mind-altering experience itself”—The Economist“Thoroughly researched book is strong on drug's social significance” —Katherine Waters, The Art Desk“Jay, as with his many other works, expertly places the important details in these larger trends, and the result is a wonderfully engaging narrative; informative and entertaining” —Robert Dickins, Psychedelic Press “What Mike Jay's history of mescaline illustrates is that although we may not grasp how, the context of a trip determines its destination” — Kate Womersley, TLS “Jay takes his readers on a journey through history, beginning with the medicinal and ceremonial use of mescaline-containing plants by the indigenous peoples of Mexico thousands of years ago, and the adoption of peyote by some Native American peoples” — Zoe Hackett, Chemistry World“Mike Jay has written a highly detailed but very readable and fascinating history of the use of mescaline throughout the ages”—Peter Carpenter, British Society for the History of Medicine"This is a terrific account of mescaline, the first psychedelic. Mike Jay has nailed it."—Michael Pollan, author of How to Change Your Mind "Mike Jay is the Neil Armstrong of today's psychonauts. In Mescaline an incredible amount of scholarly and personal research is beautifully presented and ordered in a sensible chronology that really works to channel potentially disruptive and mad matter into a fascinating cultural history. I just Ioved the last chapter which brought everything back to its proper place in a careful Native American ritual. It made the most emotionally satisfying ending to an extraordinary trip..." —Nicholas Rankin, author of Telegram from Guernica 'Mike Jay is one of the most wise, well-informed, clever and funny voices on drugs in the world. Everyone should read everything he writes - it is consistently brilliant'—Johann Hari, author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections

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Book Synopsis"By taking a look at themes which span the globe, such as ancient rituals, rites of passage, business, pain, perfection and sacredness, this is a book which manages to encompass what it is to be human." — Amateur Photographer “Astounding” - Aesthetica Magazine “A visual extravaganza” - New York Times Why do we play games? That is the question Belgian photographer Hannelore Vandenbussche decided to explore, travelling to numerous countries to roam the world of sports, passion, athletic competition, transition, and emancipation. The athletes she portrays keep old traditions alive or carve out new territory, perform rituals, and celebrate with boisterous parties centred around their games. Meet Buzkashi players astride their horses in Central Asia, Donga stick fighters in Ethiopia, Tarahumara runners in Mexico, big wave surfers in Nazaré, and many other athletes in these unusual sports. These unique photographs capture athletes from both indigenous cultures in remote parts of the globe and from familiar, Western cultures. They poignantly convey how old traditions are kept alive and new ones are carved out, how rites of passage, ritual, and celebration are all part of the culture of play. Human Playground showcases a hugely diverse range of sports from places as far-flung as Mongolia and Madagascar, from jockeys in Dubai to land divers in Vanuatu. This extraordinary book of photographs is dedicated to a subject that is being presented in an entirely new way.Trade ReviewIdris Elba Says New Sports Show 'Human Playground' Changed His Idea of 'What Human Beings Can Do' - People"By taking a look at themes which span the globe, such as ancient rituals, rites of passage, business, pain, perfection and sacredness, this is a book which manages to encompass what it is to be human." - Amateur Photographer"Channel your inner child and remember how it feels to exert yourself just for the thrill of it." - National Geographic Traveller"The sheer variety of exhilarating activities presented in this volume…is astounding." - Aesthetica Magazine"A visual extravaganza." - New York Times"While modernisation poses a threat to many of these ancient sports, Hannelore presents them in a way that captures their vitality, and her photography is as energetic as the sports it depicts. Each frame launches us into the heart of the action." - WhyNow"The book is a celebration of sports and games, and the culture of play around the world." - Robb Report Singapore"Making the best photographs of a sport in action meant forming bonds with her subjects and sometimes diving into the mix herself." - Professional Photographer

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Book SynopsisIn Decolonizing Trauma Work, Renee Linklater explores healing and wellness in Indigenous communities on Turtle Island. Drawing on a decolonizing approach, Linklater engages ten Indigenous health care practitioners in a dialogue regarding Indigenous worldviews, notions of wellness and wholistic health, critiques of psychiatry and psychiatric diagnoses, and Indigenous approaches to helping people through trauma, depression and experiences of parallel and multiple realities. Linklater offers purposeful and practical methods to help individuals and communities that have experienced trauma, through stories and strategies that are grounded in Indigenous worldviews and embedded with cultural knowledge. Decolonizing Trauma Work, one of the first books of its kind, is a resource for education and training programs, health care practitioners, healing centres, clinical services and policy initiatives.Table of ContentsPrologue Historical Trauma in Indigenous Communities Joining the Circle: Introducing the Indigenous Practitioners Indigenous Perspectives on Wellness and Wholistic Healing Psychiatry and Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Strategies for Helping and Healing Decolonizing Trauma Work

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Book Synopsis A World of Many Worlds is a search into the possibilities that may emerge from conversations between indigenous collectives and the study of science''s philosophical production. The contributors explore how divergent knowledges and practices make worlds. They work with difference and sameness, recursion, divergence, political ontology, cosmopolitics, and relations, using them as concepts, methods, and analytics to open up possibilities for a pluriverse: a cosmos composed through divergent political practices that do not need to become the same. Contributors. Mario Blaser, Alberto Corsín Jiménez, Déborah Danowski, Marisol de la Cadena, John Law, Marianne Lien, Isabelle Stengers, Marilyn Strathern, Helen Verran, Eduardo Viveiros de CastroTrade Review"The strength of this book is its presentation and varied discussion of the omission of all of the 'other-than-human-persons' who comprise the heterogeneity of cultures that form worlds beyond the Anthropocene. . . . This book provides excellent fodder for readers to reflexively consider their individual roles in the global knowledge-making process, the outcomes they create (and are creating), and the frames within which they dwell." -- Sally A. Applin * Journal of International and Global Studies *“A World of Many Worlds is a rich and welcome collection of essays that offers a complex and exploratory response to a timely problematic. Its statement is forthright and hallmark....” -- Mat Keel * AAG Review of Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Pluriverse: Proposals for a World of Many Worlds / Mario Blaser and Marisol de la Cadena 1 1. Opening Up Relations / Marilyn Strathern 23 2. Spiderweb Anthropologies: Ecologies, Infrastructures, Entanglements / Alberto Corsín Jiménez 53 3. The Challenge of Ontological Politics / Isabelle Stengers 83 4. The Politics of Working Cosmologies Together While Keeping Them Separate / Helen Verran 112 5. Denaturalizing Nature / John Law and Marianne Lien 131 6. Humans and Terrans in the Gaia War / Eduardo Viveiros de Castro and Deborah Danowski 172 Contributors 205 Index 209

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Book SynopsisThe Times' Best History Books of 2017Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military HistoryWinner of the 2017 Caroline Bancroft History PrizeShortlisted for the Military History Magazine Book of the Year AwardNominated for the 2017 PEN Hessell-Tiltman'Extraordinary... Cozzens has stripped the myth from these stories, but he is such a superb writer that what remains is exquisite' The TimesAt the end of the Civil War, the American nation continued its expansion onto tribal lands, setting off a struggle that would last nearly three decades. Peter Cozzens chronicles the conflict from both sides in comprehensive and singularly intimate detail, bringing together a pageant of fascinating characters, including Custer, Sherman and Grant, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull and Red Cloud. This is the tale of how the West was won... and lost.Trade ReviewExtraordinary... Few writers possess the descriptive talent that the immensity of the American west demands. * The Times *Peter Cozzens's sweeping, expert and appalling account of the murder of America's Indians * Spectator *A detailed recounting of random carnage, bodies burned, treaties broken and treachery let loose across the land. * New York Times *Truly epic and beautifully written * Tribune *Treachery on such an epic scale can bear many retellings, and this account stands out for its impressive detail and scope. * Washington Post *Cozzens does an exceptional job of examining the viewpoints of both sides, making heavy use of previously untapped primary sources... This is a timely and thorough book, presenting the story without hyperbole or histrionics. * New York Journal of Books *Peter Cozzens, one of our finest working historians, has taken on a massive chunk of Native American history and delivered it with power, style, and insight. He is above all a great storyteller. I have never read better, more concise, or more entertaining versions of the Little Bighorn story, Geronimo's wild run to glory, the Ute War, or Captain Jack's rebellion in the northwest. There is much wisdom here, and much good writing. -- S.C. Gwynne, author of EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOONMagnificent... This is a beautifully written work of understanding and compassion that will be a treasure for both general readers and specialists. -- Jay Freeman * Booklist (Starred review) *I've been waiting for an up-to-date, objective, and well-researched book on the Indian Wars, and Peter Cozzens' The Earth Is Weeping is all that and more - an elegantly written narrative of one of the great sagas in American history, and better than Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. -- James Donovan, author of A TERRIBLE GLORYPeter Cozzens reminds us that tragedy, not melodrama, best characterizes the struggles for the American West...The Earth Is Weeping is the most lucid and reliable history of the Indian Wars in recent memory. -- Victor Davis Hanson, author of CARNAGE AND CULTUREIn sobering detail, Peter Cozzens has chronicled this dark chapter in our history. -- James M. McPherson, author of BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOMFor 25 years the United States Army and the native peoples of the West struggled for their destiny, and the region's, an oft-told story more tragic with each retelling. Peter Cozzens' The Earth is Weeping provides all that, and adds a missing perspective on the lives of ordinary people on both sides. -- William C. Davis, author of THREE ROADS TO THE ALAMOCozzens is an erudite storyteller, meticulous in his approach to documenting the west. * BBC History Magazine *

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Book SynopsisThe Epic New York Times Bestseller Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award A New York Times Notable Book Winner of the Texas Book Award Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award This stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review).Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches.

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Book SynopsisHistory has portrayed Australia’s First Peoples, the Aboriginals, as hunter-gatherers who lived on an empty, uncultivated land. History is wrong. In this seminal book, Bruce Pascoe uncovers evidence that long before the arrival of white men, Aboriginal people across the continent were building dams and wells; planting, irrigating, and harvesting seeds, and then preserving the surplus and storing it in houses, sheds, or secure vessels; and creating elaborate cemeteries and manipulating the landscape. All of these behaviours were inconsistent with the hunter-gatherer tag, which turns out to have been a convenient lie that worked to justify dispossession. Using compelling evidence from the records and diaries of early Australian explorers and colonists, he reveals that Aboriginal systems of food production and land management have been blatantly understated in modern retellings of early Aboriginal history, and that a new look at Australia’s past is required — for the benefit of us all. Dark Emu, a bestseller in Australia, won both the Book of the Year Award and the Indigenous Writer’s Prize in the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards.Trade Review‘Australia’s education system tended to emphasise the struggle and pluck of settlers. Dark Emu shifted the gaze, pointing to peaceful towns and well-tended land devastated by European aggression and cattle grazing. In a nation of 25 million people, the book has sold more than 260,000 copies.’ * The New York Times *’Unputdownable.’ -- Darina Allen * Irish Examiner *‘An extraordinary book.’ -- David Greig * The Herald *‘The truth-telling must go on.’ -- Stephen Fitzpatrick * The Australian *‘This is the most important book on Australia and should be read by every Australian.’ -- Marcia Langton * The Australian *‘[A] brisk and lucidly written account … This is an important and deeply researched reinterpretation of Australian history and a stark warning about the danger of accepting received wisdom at face value.’ * Publishers Weekly, starred review *‘Dark Emu ... is revolutionary, the most important book published in Australia by any writer in this or any other century.’ * Jersey Evening Post *‘Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what Australia once was, or what it might yet be if we heed the lessons of long and sophisticated human occupation.’ -- NSW Premier's Literacy Awards judging panel‘I’m grateful for a book that has so enlivened the engagement of Australians with their country’s history … In spite of half a century of eloquent activism and scholarship, most Australians still grossly underestimate the sophistication of Indigenous culture, technology and governance. The popular embrace of Pascoe’s work suggests that many are keen to learn.’ -- Tom Griffiths, Emeritus Professor of History at the Australian National University‘[Pascoe’s] arguments about the reality of Aboriginal agriculture, acquaculture, food storage and preservation are not new, but hitherto they have been buried in scientific papers, less accessible writings, or not pursued in such a sustained manner. He has done a great service by bringing this material to students and general readers, and in such a lively and engaging fashion … I heartily recommend this book to teachers of Aboriginal studies.’ -- Richard Broome, Emeritus Professor of History at La Trobe University'[A]n important book that advances a powerful argument for re-evaluating the sophistication of Aboriginal peoples’ economic and socio-political livelihoods, and calls for Australia to embrace the complexity, sophistication and innovative skills of Indigenous people into its concept of itself as a nation.' -- Dr Michael Davis * Aboriginal History *

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Book Synopsis*#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER *Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction *Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards *Winner, High Plains Book Awards *Finalist, CBC Canada Reads *A Globe and Mail Book of the Year *An Indigo Book of the Year *A CBC Best Canadian Nonfiction Book of the Year In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.If I can just make it to the next minute...then I might have a chance to live; I might have a chance to be something more than just a struggling crackhead. From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Jesse Thistle briefly found himself in the foster-care system with his two brothers, cut off from all they had known. Eventually the children landed in the home of their paternal grandparents, whose tough-love attitudes quickly resulted in conflicts. Throughout it all, the ghost of Jesse’s drug-addicted father haunted the halls of the house and the memories of every family member. Struggling with all that had happened, Jesse succumbed to a self-destructive cycle of drug and alcohol addiction and petty crime, spending more than a decade on and off the streets, often homeless. Finally, he realized he would die unless he turned his life around. In this heartwarming and heart-wrenching memoir, Jesse Thistle writes honestly and fearlessly about his painful past, the abuse he endured, and how he uncovered the truth about his parents. Through sheer perseverance and education—and newfound love—he found his way back into the circle of his Indigenous culture and family. An eloquent exploration of the impact of prejudice and racism, From the Ashes is, in the end, about how love and support can help us find happiness despite the odds.Trade Review“A heartbreaking and honest debut.” The Globe and Mail“Blown away by [this] eloquent memoir of Métis life and surviving the streets . . . [a] strong contender for #CanadaReads.” — EMMA DONOGHUE, New York Times bestselling author of Room “A memoir of resilience, spirit, and dignity from a gifted storyteller. It is, at heart, also about the many shapes that love can inhabit. When you plan to read this book, clear your schedule. It will hold you in its grasp and won’t let you go, like a great novel. It’s all the more remarkable that this is not fiction. This book will stand out in my reading experience for a long time to come.” — SHELAGH ROGERS, OC, host and a producer of CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter, and honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada“So fortunate to have the opportunity to read From The Ashes. . . . You’ll be drawn into the life journey of someone who’s struggled so deep yet has risen up to share with us what it means to be human. A deeply moving read.” — CLARA HUGHES, Olympian and author of Open Heart, Open Mind“This memoir haunts, gnawing at the soul as we walk with Jesse through his many incarnations. . . . If you want a glimpse at why some of our brothers and sisters end up on the streets, read this book.” — TANYA TALAGA, The Walrus“In spare and often brutal prose . . . Thistle weaves a narrative punctuated with joy and comedy and ultimately redemption.” — Toronto Star“An illuminating, inside account of homelessness, a study of survival and freedom. Jesse Thistle delivers a painfully lyrical book, a journey through the torrents of addiction and trauma, masterfully sliding in humour and moments of heart-expanding human connection. I found myself gasping out loud at parts, unable to put the book down. Jesse’s story shows us that there is nothing that cannot be transformed.” — AMANDA LINDHOUT, bestselling co-author of A House in the Sky“In this page-turner of a memoir—raw, honest, gripping, wrenching, and inspiring—Jesse Thistle gifts us with an intimate and bracing look into the realities, traumas, and triumphs of Indigenous life in today’s North America.” — GABOR MATÉ, MD, bestselling author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction“A gritty memoir recounting the devastating long-term effects of childhood abandonment. . . . The theme of estrangement is powerfully portrayed in what is ultimately a story of courage and resilience certain to strike a chord with readers from many backgrounds.” — Library Journal“Candid and cutting, Jesse Thistle lays down his story with a brutal beauty you’ll never forget. From the Ashes is a guided tour through a broken heart just trying to keep beating, both failing and succeeding spectacularly.” — CHERIE DIMALINE, bestselling author of The Marrow Thieves“Jesse’s story is shocking, intriguing, and compelling. He goes deep into the conflicting forces pulling him in different directions, the pain of knowing how he was letting down his grandmother, the terrifying sickness of addiction, and his own uncertainty about how to break the cycle. All the decks were stacked against him, yet he did learn to make the right choices. He had every right to blame ‘the system,’ but he never resorted to that easy strategy. His unexpected strength is remarkable.” — CHARLOTTE GRAY, award-winning biographer and bestselling author of The Promise of Canada“The best stories are the ones that stay with you. From the Ashes will stay with me for a long time. Maarsii to Jesse for coming through to tell this story. It is an important one. The revolutionary kind. The kind of story that changes how you look at the world, that shows us how amazing human beings can be, so capable, strong, resilient, powerful.” — KATHERENA VERMETTE, bestselling author of The Break“[This] powerful and moving memoir is also a scathing indictment of the treatment of Indigenous people and the myriad ways systems fail them.” — Booklist“This is a work that should not be mistaken for a redemption story—it is a love story. About family. Community. A partner. Most of all: this is a love story about Jesse Thistle. How he came to love himself. Why he is worthy of love. And, importantly, how you will love him when you are done reading. This book signals change: in our understanding of worth, our compassion in the face of harm and self-harm, and the power and possibility that can exist in spaces we try to forget about. Jesse Thistle is amazing. His story is stunning. We will talk about colonial and other violence differently on Turtle Island because Jesse lived them and shared them with us. With an openness, candour, and generosity that is inspiring. Its uglybeautiful/hurtlove will resonate with you long after you finish turning the pages. I am proud to call him nisîmis (my little brother).” — TRACEY LINDBERG, bestselling author of Birdie“Stereotypes and conventional understandings are about to be challenged. . . . In the world Thistle inhabits, poverty, addiction, and homelessness are all one step over a line. Some are pushed, some stumble, and some jump. . . . The places Thistle takes us come together to illustrate a common theme: we look for home wherever we can find it. Over the course of the book, Thistle builds a better world for himself, one day and one decision at a time. It is a remarkable transformation to witness, and the arc of his story will make the reader want to cheer.” ­­ — Quill & Quire, starred review“Hits you like a punch in the gut. It’s an unflinching, heartrending, and beautifully written story of survival against seemingly impossible odds. But it’s also a book that should make you furious. Thistle paints a vivid portrait of a country seemingly incapable of doing right by Indigenous youth or by those struggling with homelessness, addiction, and intergenerational trauma. That he survived to tell this story is truly a miracle. Still, one question haunts me after finishing this powerful and devastating book: How do we ensure that the next generation isn’t forced to navigate a broken system that takes their lives for granted and fails them at every turn? My greatest hope, then, is that From the Ashes will be the wakeup call Canada needs.” — IAN MOSBY, historian and author of Food Will Win the War

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Book SynopsisIn 1938, the anthropologist Norman Tindale gave a classroom of young Aboriginal children a set of crayons and asked them to draw. The children, residents of the government-run Aboriginal station Cummeragunja, mostly drew pictures of aspects of white civilization boats, houses and flowers. What now to make of their artwork? Were the children encouraged or pressured to draw non-Aboriginal scenes, or did they draw freely, appropriating the white culture they now lived within? Did their Aboriginality change the meaning of their art, as they sketched out this ubiquitous colonial imagery? Australian Settler Colonialism and the Cummeragunja Aboriginal Station traces Cummeragunja's history from its establishment in the 1880s to its mass walk-off in 1939 and finally, to the 1960s, when its residents regained greater control over the land. Taking in oral history traditions, the author reveals the competing interests of settler governments, scientific and religious organizations, and nearby settler communities. The nature of these interests has broad and important implications for understanding settler colonial history. This history shows white people set boundaries on Aboriginal behaviour and movement, through direct legislation and the provision of opportunities and acceptance. But Aboriginal people had agency within and, at times, beyond these limits. Aboriginal people appropriated aspects of white culture including the houses, the flowers and the boats that their children drew for Tindale - reshaping them into new tools for Aboriginal society, tools with which to build lives and futures in a changed environment.Trade Review"Fiona Davis, a non-Indigenous scholar who grew up in northern Victoria, has done a great service by adapting her doctoral thesis into this fine book. She has written a fascinating, thoughtful, and accessible history of Cummeragunja, tracing its story from its late nineteenth century origins in the nearby Maloga Mission, through to the stations official closure in 1953. Her experience as a journalist in northern Victoria is reflected in the engaging storytelling that is at the heart of her book." Samuel Furphy, Australian National University, Australian Historical Studies, Vol. 46, no 1, March 2015.

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Book SynopsisAn inspiring and intersectional re-imagining of the path to liberation in PalestineTrade Review'An inspiring call to action that deconstructs the many oppressive systems we currently find ourselves struggling against, and shows us the way forward' -- Adam Horowitz, Executive Editor at Mondoweiss'The book our movements deserve. Crafted from decades of transnational activism, Nada Elia brilliantly weaves together the challenges of our time and the political frameworks necessary to overcome them' -- Noura Erakat, Associate Professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick in Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice'I am so grateful that a book such as Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts finally exists! Reading it felt like drinking cold water on a parched day. The writing is bold and brave, the analysis clear-sighted and unflinching. And yet somehow, on top of all this, the book is full of heart, fierce love and radical empathy. A must read' -- Jen Marlowe, author of 'I Am Troy Davis' and 'The Hour of Sunlight''Offers a new map altogether: a map of survival, possibility, and hope. Like the Palestinian struggle for freedom itself, this map is collective, collaborative, built on and for radical love' -- Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara'A compelling, even irresistible case for moving beyond rights and statehood for Palestine to a truly decolonial future. Grounded in the analysis of actual struggles, the book is informed by Elia's commitment to abolitionist feminist practice, which reorients the vision of what a post-Zionist Palestine could look like in crucial ways. Defined by solidarity rather than exceptionalism, this is a truly necessary book' -- David Lloyd, Department of English, University of California, US‘A book about community, resistance, and hope … heart-wrenching, inspirational’ -- ‘Mondoweiss’‘Provides a unique view into the problems of Palestine and the resourcefulness of indigenous people, feminists, and the LGBTQ community globally’ -- ‘Palestine Chronicle’‘Probes us to ask: where do we believe knowledge lies? What does it mean to practise solidarity across differences? How can we work to build a liberated future? Read the book, ask yourself these questions, and then organise to answer them – our liberation depends on it.’ -- ‘Red Pepper’‘A book of hope and purpose … an important contribution to the Palestinian fight for self-determination’ -- ‘Bella Caledonia’Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Unsettling Indigeneity 1. From Cowboys to Indians: Zionism’s Opportunistic Discourse 2. On this Land: Indigenous Struggles from Turtle Island to Palestine Part Two: Overcoming State-Sanctioned Settler Supremacy 3. Déjà Vu: The Apartheid Analogy 4. Lessons Learned: Looking Forward Part Three: We Teach Life, Sir 5. Social and Political Liberation 6. Conclusion: Beyond Boundaries: Greater than the Sum of Our Parts

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Book SynopsisDrawing on treaties, international law, the work of other Indigenous scholars, and especially personal experiences, Marie Battiste documents the nature of Eurocentric models of education, and their devastating impacts on Indigenous knowledge. Chronicling the negative consequences of forced assimilation, racism inherent to colonial systems of education, and the failure of current educational policies for Aboriginal populations, Battiste proposes a new model of education, arguing the preservation of Aboriginal knowledge is an Aboriginal right. Central to this process is the repositioning of Indigenous humanities, sciences, and languages as vital fields of knowledge, revitalizing a knowledge system which incorporates both Indigenous and Eurocentric thinking.Trade ReviewWith this book, Battiste helps us to see the ways that this imperialist approach to education continues today in the Canadian educational system. … what I am most grateful for from this work is the vision Battiste lays out for the transformation of how we think about knowledge and learning in this country. It is this part of her work in particular that makes this a relevant read for any Canadian, not solely educators. -- Tamara Shantz * Intotemak, Vol. 43, No. 1 *Decolonizing Education provides an opportunity for educators, researchers, students, and parents alike to think about how it is they envision a well-rounded, just, and balanced curriculum. -- Mandy Krahn * Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 60, No. 3 *Marie Battiste gives us a book that is comprehensive in its scope, with 10 chapters of tightly written prose extensively referenced and organized around relevant research. The book will be a welcome addition to all those who seek to provide the best education we can for all our learners. -- Wally Penetito * AlterNative Vol. 11, No. 1 *Battiste’s “storytelling manner” provides a textured analysis and discussion of the multilayered and multipronged components embodied within the discourse on Indigenous education and the need to decolonize the education system in its entirety … a must-read for all administrators and educators, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, especially those who are involved in educational policy. -- Jennifer Brant * Brock Education Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 *Battiste has carefully crafted her book in a manner that goes from the deeply personal to the undeniably political in a seamless fashion that most writers strive to accomplish, but few succeed. … with Battiste’s leadership and inspiration, we can become catalysts for change, rather than harbingers of history. The academy remains indebted to scholars like Dr. Battiste, who has the wisdom and political acumen to “show us the way”. -- Tim Claypool * Education Matters, Vol. 3, Issue 1 *Table of ContentsForeword / Rita Bouvier1 Introduction2 The Legacy of Forced Assimilative Education for Indigenous Peoples3 Mi’kmaw Education: Roots and Routes4 Creating the Indigenous Renaissance5 Animating Ethical Trans-Systemic Education Systems6 Confronting and Eliminating Racism7 Respecting Aboriginal Languages in Education Systems8 Displacing Cognitive Imperialism9 Recommendations for Constitutional Reconciliation of Education10 Possibilities of Educational TransformationsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Inuit have experienced colonization and the resulting disregard for the societal systems, beliefs and support structures foundational to Inuit culture for generations. While much research has articulated the impacts of colonization and recognized that Indigenous cultures and worldviews are central to the well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities, little work has been done to preserve Inuit culture. Unfortunately, most people have a very limited understanding of Inuit culture, and often apply only a few trappings of culture - past practices, artifacts and catchwords -to projects to justify cultural relevance.Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit - meaning all the extensive knowledge and experience passed from generation to generation - is a collection of contributions by well- known and respected Inuit Elders. The book functions as a way of preserving important knowledge and tradition, contextualizing that knowledge within Canada's colonial legacy and providing an Inuit perspective on how we relate to each other, to other living beings and the environment.

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Book SynopsisDeals with the power of stories to educate and heal the heart, mind, body, and spirit. This book demonstrates how an indigenous knowledge system facilitates a valuable meaning-making process through storywork.Trade Review[The] author’s self-reflection on the multiple roles she balanced as a researcher is appreciated, and her text serves as an excellent testimonial for the efficacy and successes of researchers working collaboratively with indigenous communities. -- M.A. Rinehart, Valdosta State University * Choice, Vol.46, No.01 *Archibald’s research studies how people, including herself, live with their stories; moreover, how people can live well with their stories. […] Here, stories are not material for analysis; they are not folklore with its implication of museum culture, and they are certainly not “data.” Stories take on their own life and become teachers. […] In her spiraling, iterative style, Archibald gets as close as any book I have found to a truly narrative pedagogy, as opposed to a pedagogy of narrative. […] To stay with her writing is to experience how stories work in and on a life. -- Arthur W. Frank, University of Calgary * Canadian Journal of Sociology, Vol.33, No. 3 *Jo-Ann Archibald, Q’um Q’um Xiiem, has gifted us here with a sensitive glimpse into the thoughts of her Sto:lo elders. In doing this, she presents folklorists with a great deal of useful emic information. And she offers guidelines for educators who hope to use story with children. Her elders show us how to not just tell stories … but how to make meaning of the tales through storywork. -- Margaret Read Macdonald * Western Folklore *Table of ContentsPreface1 The Journey Begins2 Coyote Searching for the Bone Needle3 Learning about Storywork from Sto:lo Elders4 The Power of Stories for Educating the Heart5 Storywork in Action6 Storywork Pedagogy7 A Give-AwayNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWalter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh introduce the concept of decoloniality by providing a theoretical overview and discussing concrete examples of decolonial projects in action.Trade Review"As the first book in the Decoloniality series, it sets the tone and terms; it opens the conversation on decoloniality that is relevant globally as the Right rises and the colonial matrix of power is only strengthened through global capitalism. On Decoloniality brings important insights to the fore from locations not as well-known by English-reading theorists who might not concentrate on colonial language areas other than English." -- Laura Marie de Vos * Transmotion *"On Decoloniality reflects on what it means to think, live and act decolonially in our present moment: what is at stake when we seek a decolonial perspective in both theory and praxis. This is not a compilation of the latest literature or a comprehensive introduction to decolonial thought, but rather an invitation to think dialectically about the decolonial praxis(es) and decolonial analytics." -- Rosa M. O'Connor Acevedo * Radical Philosophy Review *"Although divided into two distinct parts authored under individual signatures, this is a book, which like a piano concert for two hands, displays a high degree of interplay and collaboration between Mignolo and Walsh. . . . For all readers and doers a major challenge and invitation is issued in the pages of On Decoloniality for learning how to think relationality will make serious demands of all imaginaries and modes of thinking we have thus far inherited and developed. This carefully thought-out book is not only a necessary intervention in the annals of 'theory' but a felicitous achievement in collaboration and in bringing together the task of presenting concepts, analytics and praxis under one single treatise." -- Sara Castro-Klarén * MLN *"In the current climate of trying to rethink everything in order to find a way out of the contemporary morass of bankrupt and destructive epistemologies that are destroying the planet, [this] book is a timely intervention. It succinctly offers the reasons to find new concepts as well as providing incremental steps that do not simply reproduce what we 'know' already." -- Sneja Gunew * Postcolonial Text *"Recalling Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang's critique that reminds us that decolonisation is more than a metaphor for Indigenous peoples, the participants in this forum grapple with the colonial matrix of power and modernity/coloniality/decoloniality analytics to unbuild violence and imagine worlds of hope and freedom through alliances that recognise settler guilt." -- Michele Lobo * Postcolonial Studies *"The fable of modernity was the unifying arc of this aggressive universalism, and Mignolo’s principal argument is that any variety of Marxist argument that focuses primarily on capitalism, class, and material exploitation misses the forms of power that came through this cultural and epistemological domination. To resist and replace it with another epistemological worldview, Walsh and Mignolo recommend decoloniality, an outlook that embraces Indigenous modes of thinking and rejects those Western expressions of modernity imposed on much of the world through colonialism and empire." -- Arjun Appadurai * The Nation *"An un-disciplinary read, challenging the foundational logic of Western knowledge production." -- Kirsten Mundt * Cultural Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 I. Decoloniality In/As Praxis / Catherine E. Walsh 1. The Decolonial For: Resurgences, Shifts, and Movements 15 2. Insurgency and Decolonial Prospect, Praxis, and Project 33 3. Interculturality and Decoloniality 57 4. On Decolonial Dangers, Decolonial Cracks, and Decolonial Pedagogies Rising 81 Conclusion: Sowing and Growing Decoloniality in/as Praxis: Some Final Thoughts 99 II. The Decolonial Option / Walter D. Mignolo 5. What Does It Mean to Decolonize? 105 6. The Conceptual Triad: Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality 135 7. The Invention of the Human and the Three Pillars of the Colonial Matrix of Power (Racism, Sexism, and Nature) 153 8. Colonial/Imperial Differences: Classifying and Inventing Global Orders of Lands, Seas, and Living Organisms 177 9. Eurocentrism and Coloniality: The Question of the Totality of Knowledge 194 10. Decoloniality Is an Option, Not a Mission 211 Concluding Remarks: Colonial Wounds, Decolonial Healings, Re-existences, Resurgences 227 After-Word(s) 245 Bibliography 259 Index 279

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Book SynopsisWInner of the Best First Book from the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award Winner of the Ann Saddlemyer Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre ResearchReimagining how we understand and write about the Indigenous listening experience​Hungry Listening is the first book to consider listening from both Indigenous and settler colonial perspectives. A critical response to what has been called the “whiteness of sound studies,” Dylan Robinson evaluates how decolonial practices of listening emerge from increasing awareness of our listening positionality. This, he argues, involves identifying habits of settler colonial perception and contending with settler colonialism’s “tin ear” that renders silent the epistemic foundations of Indigenous song as history, law, and medicine. With case studies on Indigenous participation in classical music, musicals, and popular music, Hungry Listening examines structures of inclusion that reinforce Western musical values. Alongside this inquiry on the unmarked terms of inclusion in performing arts organizations and compositional practice, Hungry Listening offers examples of “doing sovereignty” in Indigenous performance art, museum exhibition, and gatherings that support an Indigenous listening resurgence.Throughout the book, Robinson shows how decolonial and resurgent forms of listening might be affirmed by writing otherwise about musical experience. Through event scores, dialogic improvisation, and forms of poetic response and refusal, he demands a reorientation toward the act of reading as a way of listening. Indigenous relationships to the life of song are here sustained in writing that finds resonance in the intersubjective experience between listener, sound, and space. Trade Review"In this brilliant and wide-ranging work, Dylan Robinson refuses to write about anything. Instead he demonstrates what it means at the practical, ethical, and political levels to write relationally with other living beings, including music, sound, belongings, languages, lands, ancestors, and readers. In method and content, Hungry Listening is a challenge to settler colonial sensory and political orders as well as a powerful affirmation of Indigenous thought, practice, and art."—Beth Piatote, author of The Beadworkers and Domestic Subjects"Hungry Listening is a necessary and creative confrontation of the consequences of settler colonialism for Indigenous music and sound territories. Offering a robust critique of inclusionary performance as settler mis-audation, Dylan Robinson forwards a transformative politics of listening, a practice of guest listening that refuses capture and certainty. At once playful and intensely serious, Hungry Listening experiments with affective event scores and forms of direct address to allow readers to imagine approaches to visiting with Indigenous sound and performance."—Eve Tuck, University of Toronto"Dylan Robinson employs a xwélméxw (Stó:lō) reading, listening, and thinking practice to enact a decolonial critique of the ‘sonic encounters’ between Indigenous vocal traditions and Western classical and popular music. Hungry Listening, by one of the field’s most generous, perceptive, visionary, and generative scholars, will be a game changer in the areas of Indigenous, sound, and performance studies."—Michelle Raheja, author of Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film"As a form of address, Hungry Listening is profoundly conscious of its multiple audiences, and enacts ethics of appropriate relationship, modeling to readers how musical scholarship can approach Indigenous creators, performers and musics in ways that respect Indigenous sovereignty and value Indigenous creations on their own terms."—Amodern"Robinson manages to pose compelling arguments as to how much first needs to be unsettled whilst establishing the new ground needed for Indigenous sound studies to flourish."—Feminist Review "An exemplary text which forges space for Indigenous epistemological and ontological existence through decolonial critique in the realm of sound studies."—Canadian Association of Music Libraries "Hungry Listening is a powerful piece of listening through reading that not only critiques settler listening but also candidly address the ways in which settler colonialism has impacted Indigenous sonic spaces."—MUSICulturesTable of ContentsContentsIntroductionWriting Indigenous Space1. Hungry ListeningEvent Score for Guest Listening I2.Writing about Musical Intersubjectivityxwélalà:m, Raven Chacon’s Report3. Contemporary Encounters Between Indigenous and Early Music Event Score for those who hold our songs4. Ethnographic Redress, Compositional ResponsibilityEvent Score for Responsibility: “qimmit katajjaq / sqwélqwel tl’ sqwmá:y”5. Feeling ReconciliationEvent Score to ActAcknowledgmentsConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTeaching Where You Are offers a guide for non-Indigenous educators to work in good ways with Indigenous students and provides resources across curricular areas to support all students. In this book, two seasoned educators, one Indigenous and one settler, bring to bear their years of experience teaching in elementary, secondary, and post-secondary contexts to explore the ways in which Indigenous and Slow approaches to teaching and learning mirror and complement one another.Using the holistic framework of the Medicine Wheel, Shannon Leddy and Lorrie Miller illustrate the ways in which interdisciplinary thinking, a focus on experiential learning, and the thoughtful application of the 4Rs – Respect, Relevance, Reciprocity, and Responsibility – can bring us back to the principle of teaching people, not subjects. Bringing forth the ways in which colonialism and cognitive imperialism have shaped Canadian curriculum and consciousness, the book offers avenues foTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Foreword: Weaving and Reweaving Indigenous Education in New Ways through the Timelessness of Transformative Thought, Teaching, and Learning xvii Herman Michell Preface Acknowledgements 1. Tawâw Bringing Indigenous Knowledge and Pedagogies into the Class Indigenous Ways and Reconciliation The Medicine Wheel Framework, Our Loom Warp and Weft: Connecting Slow to Indigenous Ways 2. Building Decolonial Literacy for Indigenous Education Historically Rooted Thought: We Are All Colonized People It Is Not about the Lesson Plans Ontologies Identity Place Relationship Weaving Sourcing and Preparing Materials 3. Slow Ways and Indigenous Ways Disconnecting from the Clock and Caring Deeply Experiential Land Conscious/Place Conscious Deeply Relational Internal Connection Spinning 4. East – Spiritual – Respect August on the Salish Sea: Tucked into a Bay Dyeing the Yarn before the Weave 5. South – Emotional – Relevance Why Emotion Matters Decolonizing Is a Slow and Careful Business Taking Trauma into Account Developing Effective Practices Circle Pedagogy Winding the Wool 6. West – Physical – Reciprocity The Unseen The Visible, Physical, Material World In the Classroom Pedagogy that Nurtures Relational Place-Conscious Pedagogy Setting up the Loom 7. North – Intellectual – Responsibility What Counts as Knowledge? How Much Knowledge Counts? It Really Isn’t about the Lesson Plans Adding an Indigenous Lens Developing Effective Practices Kendomang Zhagodenamonon Lodge Button Blankets and Starblankets Tiny Orange Sweater Project Summing Up Weaving and Finishing 8. Pimoteh (Walking) References Index

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Book SynopsisShadow Healing offers a contemporary style of Aboriginal Ancestral guidance, allowing you to attune and trust your own intuition. Aboriginal peoples have long used divination to gain insight to nurture their emotional and spiritual health, and these Shadow Healing cards are a creative example of how Aboriginal Ancestors and their peoples have modernized the ancient practice. The cards in this deck offer daily guidance and shed a positive light on your thoughts and perceptions by providing you with a meaningful perspective on questions you are contemplating.

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive history of the Sami people of the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. There is no single volume which encompasses an integrated social and cultural history of the Sami people from the Nordic countries and northwestern Russia. Neil Kent's book fills this lacuna. In the first instance, he considers how the Sami homeland is defined: its geography, climate, and early contact with other peoples. He then moves on to its early chronicles and the onset of colonisation, which changed Sami life profoundly over the last millennium. Thereafter, the nature of Sami ethnicity is examined, in the context of the peoples among whom the Sami increasingly lived, as well as the growing intrusions of the states who claimed sovereignty over them. The Soviet gulag, the Lapland War and increasing urbanisation all impacted upon Sami life. Religion, too, played an important role from pre-historic times, with their pantheon of gods and sacred sites, to their Christianisation. In the late twentieth century there has been an increasing symbiosis of ancient Sami spiritual practice with Christianity. Recently the intrusions of the logging and nuclear industries, as well as tourism have come to redefine Sami society and culture. Even the meaning of who exactly a Sami is is scrutinised, at a time when some intermarry and yet return to Sapmi, where their children maintain their Sami identity.Trade Review'This detailed and comprehensive study of a people who have lived for thousands of years on Europe's northernmost margins reveals an astonishing diversity of language, culture and livelihoods. The lands of the Sami, as Neil Kent so ably shows, embrace far more than reindeers and Yuletide tourism.' * David Kirby, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London and author of A Concise History of Finland *'The Sami People of the North is exhaustive, nuanced, and best of all, accessible. With his sustained attention to historical detail, Neil Kent has done a valuable service for anyone thinking about the Sami - or, for that matter, indigenous populations generally.' * Nick McDonell, author of Twelve and The Civilization of Perpetual Movement: Nomadism in World Politics *

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Book Synopsis'I was blown away by Layli Long Soldier's WHEREAS.' Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsWHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators. Through a virtuosic array of short lyrics, prose poems, longer narrative sequences, resolutions, and disclaimers, Layli Long Soldier has created a brilliantly innovative text to examine histories, landscapes, her own writing, and her predicament inside national affiliations.A POETRY BOOK SOCIETY SPECIAL COMMENDATION.'In what is clearly a golden age for American poetry, Layli Long Soldier has to be out in front – one of the best collections of the century.' Andrew McMillanTrade ReviewIn what is clearly a golden age for American poetry, Layli Long Soldier has to be out in front – one of the best collections of the century. -- Andrew McMillan[WHEREAS] reminded me what careful language can do. It made me recommit to writing . . . and made me believe again in the power of writing and the truths that it can reveal for people and what that remembering and honoring the truth can do for the individual, but also for the group, for all of us. -- Jesmyn Ward, The New York Times I was blown away by Layli Long Soldier's WHEREAS--inspired by its trenchant, beautiful thinking about the relationship between political speech and literature's capacity to write back. And write back Long Soldier does, with a sensibility so sure of itself that I find myself simply standing back in admiration. -- Maggie Nelson, author of The ArgonautsLong Soldier reminds readers of their physical and linguistic bodies as they are returned to language through their mouths and eyes and tongues across the fields of her poems. * The New York Times Book Review *Using elliptical prose, blank spaces, crossed-out text, and Lakota words, Long Soldier articulates both her identity and her literary undertaking. * The New Yorker *Long Soldier’s movement between collective and personal makes this book intimate and urgent. She has charted new ways to write in what’s left out—and not merely in the margins either. WHEREAS offers a powerful reckoning. * National Book Critics Circle Award judges’ citation *Steeped in Native American history and current politics, Long Soldier's poetry is a melodious battle cry, an argument and a prayer for our nation's future. -- Morgan ParkerIf there's any justice in this world, Layli Long Soldier's WHEREAS will galvanize readers in the same way that Claudia Rankine did with Citizen. -- Stephen SparksLong Soldier's movement between collective and personal makes this book intimate and urgent. She has charted new ways to write in what's left out--and not merely in the margins either. WHEREAS offers a powerful reckoning. -- National Book Critics Circle Award judges' citationWHEREAS is a new offering of the deepest precedent. This gift of where as else, which no one could possibly ask for or deserve, bears and is borne by terrible and absolute testimony. Look at how we have laid waste, and how nothing in this book settles. With Long Soldier, in the interminable momentousness of her song, poetry itself is somewhere else. Maybe we can get there from there. -- Fred MotenIn Whereas, we are given a substantive act of intelligent, crafted resistance. * Harvard Review *Elegant, innovative, and necessary. * Buzzfeed *I would argue this debut is as close to a masterpiece as we can get. Released now in the UK, if you only ever read one collection of poems, may it be this. -- Anthony Anaxagoro

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Book SynopsisYatdjuligin introduces students to the fundamentals of health care of Indigenous Australians. This book addresses the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and mainstream health services and introduces readers to practice and research in a variety of healthcare contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gracelyn Smallwood; 1. Historical and current perspectives on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Juanita Sherwood; 2. A history of health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Ray Lovett and Makayla-May Brinckley; 3. The cultural safety journey: an Aboriginal Australian nursing and midwifery context Odette Best; 4. Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing Ali Drummond, Yoko Mills, Sam Mills and Francis Nona; 5. Indigenous gendered health perspectives Bronwyn Fredericks, Mick Adams and Odette Best; 6. Community controlled health services: what they are and how they work Raelene Ward, Bronwyn Fredericks and Odette Best; 7. Midwifery practices and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: urban and regional perspectives Machellee Kosiak; 8. Indigenous birthing in remote locations: Grandmothers' Law and government medicine Nicole Ramsamy; 9. Remote area nursing practice Nicole Ramsamy; 10. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and health practitioners Ali Drummond; 11. Indigenous-led qualitative research Raelene Ward and Bronwyn Fredericks; 12. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quantitative research Ray Lovett, Makayla-May Brinckley and Roxanne Jones; 13. Navigating First Nations social and emotional wellbeing in mainstream mental health services Rhonda L. Wilson and Kristin Waqanaviti; 14. Cultural understandings of Aboriginal suicide from a social and emotional wellbeing perspective Raelene Ward; 15. Indigenous child health Donna Hartz and Jessica Bennett; 16. Caring for our Elders Bronwyn Fredericks and Linda Deravin.

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to Kin draw on the work of anthropologist Deborah Bird Rose (1946–2018), a foundational voice in environmental humanities, to examine the relationships of interdependence and obligation between human and nonhuman lives.Trade Review“Deborah Bird Rose created an expansive scholarly field underpinned by interconnections, the affirmation of life, and love and responsibility as analytics. Invited to such a challenging field, the stories in this book carefully labor across a heterogeneity of forms of life and nonlife to reshuffle biological, political, and historical boundaries and creatively open possibility for a plethora of interconnected differences, pragmatic boundaries without a center. Caring for the Earth as Country, this artfully crafted collection meets Rose’s most urgent demand: becoming a witness of death that asserts life through an ethical practice that is always already ecological.” -- Marisol de la Cadena, author of * Earth Beings: Ecologies of Practice across Andean Worlds *"Rose’s thought is timely now more than ever. This collection is a testimony to the vitality of their work for the present and challenges ahead that will involve relearning to be one among lifescapes of other beings rather than a social atom." -- Christopher Blakley * Science as Culture *"I was provoked and challenged by the diversity of this collection. . . ." -- David Moore * Indigenous Religious Traditions *Table of ContentsWorlds of Kin: An Introduction / Thom Van Dooren and Matthew Chrulew 1 1. The Sociality of Birds: Reflections on Ontological Edge Effects / Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 15 2. Loving the Difficult: Scotch Broom / Catriona Sandilands 33 3. Awakening to the Call of Others: What I Learned from Existential Ecology / Isabelle Stengers 53 4. Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture’s Generations: Taking Care of Unexpected Country / Donna J. Haraway 70 5. The Disappearing Snails of Hawaiʻi: Storytelling for a Time of Extinctions / Thom Van Dooren 94 6. Roadkill: Multispecies Mobility and Everyday Ecocide / Kate Rigby and Owain Jones 112 7. After Nature: Totemism Revisited / Stephen Muecke 135 8. Telling One’s Own Story in the Hearing of Buffalo: Liturgical Interventions from Beyond the Year Zero / James Hatley 149 9. Ending with the Wind, Crying the Dawn / Bawaka Country, including Sandie Suchet-Pearson, Kate Lloyd, Sarah Wright, Laklak Burarrwanga, Ritjilili Ganambarr, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Banbapuy Ganambarr, and Djawundil Maymuru 174 10. Animality and the Life of the Spirit / Colin Dayan 187 11. Life Is a Woven Basket of Relations / Kate Wright 196 12. Afterword: Memories with Deborah Rose / Linda Payi Ford 218 Contributors 225 Index 229

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Book SynopsisFrontline voices from the worldwide movement to decolonize climate change and revitalize a dying planet.With a deep, anticolonial and antiracist critique and analysis of what “conservation” currently is, Decolonize Conservation presents an alternative vision–one already working–of the most effective and just way to fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. Through the voices of largely silenced or invisibilized Indigenous Peoples and local communities, the devastating consequences of making 30 percent of the globe “Protected Areas,” and other so-called “Nature-Based Solutions” are made clear.Evidence proves indigenous people understand and manage their environment better than anyone else. Eighty percent of the Earth’s biodiversity is in tribal territories and when indigenous peoples have secure rights over their land, they achieve at least equal if not better conservation results at a fraction of the cost of conventional conservation programs. But in Africa and Asia, governments and NGOs are stealing vast areas of land from tribal peoples and local communities under the false claim that this is necessary for conservation.As the editors write, “This is colonialism pure and simple: powerful global interests are shamelessly taking land and resources from vulnerable people while claiming they are doing it for the good of humanity.”The powerful collection of voices from the groundbreaking “Our Land, Our Nature” congress takes us to the heart of the climate justice movement and the struggle for life and land across the globe. With Indigenous Peoples and their rights at its center, the book exposes the brutal and deadly reality of colonial and racist conservation for people around the world, while revealing the problems of current climate policy approaches that do nothing to tackle the real causes of environmental destruction.Trade ReviewPraise for Ashley Dawson's previous work:“Ashley Dawson’s slim and forceful book … makes a case for being the most accessible and politically engaged examination of the current mass extinction … a welcome contribution to the growing literature on this slow-motion calamity.”—Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Yale University, in the Los Angeles Review of Books“Dawson's searing report on species loss will sober up anyone who has drunk the Kool-Aid of green capitalism. For a bonus, readers will learn a lot from his far-sighted, prehistoric survey of extinction.”—Andrew Ross, author of Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal“Dawson has summed up the threat to our fellow species on Earth with clarity, urgency and the finest reasoning available within the environmental justice literature. He explains how capital's appropriation of nature cannot be 'offset,' nor solutions found in financialization. Fusing social and ecological challenges to power is the only way forward, and here is a long-awaited, elegant and comprehensive expression of why the time is right to make these links.”—Patrick Bond, Professor of Political Economy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and author of Politics of Climate Justice: Paralysis Above, Movement Below“A succinct and moving account of the co-evolution of capitalism, imperialism, and climate change. Dawson demonstrates not only how capitalism created climate change but also why the former must be challenged in order to halt the latter. Offering not only critique but also solutions, this rousing book is a great tool for anti-capitalists, climate change activists, and those still making sense of the intrinsic connections between the two.”—Jasbir Puar, Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, author of Terrorist Assemblages“Historically grounded, densely researched, fluidly written, Ashley Dawson’s book on extinction is a powerful and painful exploration of human civilization's environmental irrationalities. Yet Dawson does not see annihilation as inevitable and he even points towards an alternate path.”—Christian Parenti, author of Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence“An elegant, controversial thesis” —The Guardian“For anyone wanting to understand what comes after oil and how we might get there.”—Imre Szeman, author of On Petrocultures “A gift to activists, providing a clear and accessible history of energy as well as a vision towards the publicly owned, democratically controlled, 100% renewable world we need.”—Aaron Eisenberg, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation“A brilliant guide to building collective, equitable, and radical energy democracies in the here and now.”—Lavinia Steinfort, Transnational Institute“Books on climate change are a dime a dozen now, but few, if any, truly reckon with the potential scale of the disasters that await. Dawson reveals the inadequacies of current plans to deal with the problems that cities around the world will face. Forget such buzzwords as ‘green cities,’ ‘resilience,’ and ‘sustainable development’—the age of ‘disaster communism’ is here.”—Publishers Weekly(“Best Books 2017”—Top 10)Extreme Citiesis a ground-breaking investigation of the vulnerability of our cities in an age of climate chaos. We feel safe and protected in the middle of our great urban areas, but as Sandy and Katrina made clear, and as this fine book reveals anew, the massive shifts on our earth increasingly lay bare the social inequalities that fracture our civilization.”—Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and author of Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet“The way we design and live in cities will determine humanity’s ability to avoid an anthropogenic mass extinction event in the coming century. Dawson makes this vividly clear in Extreme Cities, laying out in detail the nature of the problem and some possible positive actions we can take. Crucial to his argument is the fact that technological solutions will not be enough, so that we need to drastically reform the capitalist economic system to properly price and value the biosphere and human lives. His point that social justice is now a necessary survival strategy makes this not just a meticulous history and analysis of our situation, but also an exciting call to action.”—Kim Stanley Robinson, author of The Red Mars Trilogy and New York 2140“Cities both in the North and the South are already suffering the effects of climate change. Government and business fitfully recognize and respond, but in ways that reinforce existing injustices and as often as not make things worse. Dawson shows how social movements have combined action on disaster relief with forms of equitable common life to produce models for radical adaptation from which we can all learn. This is a brilloant summation of what we know and what we can do build a new kind of city in the ruins of the old.”—McKenzie Wark, author of Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene“A powerful argument in a dire situation: that we revise our cities to the new game changer, or climate change will revise urban existences as we know it.”—Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, director-general of Bengal Institute of Architecture, Landscapes and Settlements“A sophisticated and provocative exploration of the unfolding impact of climate change on urban environments.”—Christoph Lindner, Professor of Urban Theory and Visual Culture, University of Oregon“A revelatory confrontation between two forms of 'surplus liquidity': the rent-seeking excess of circulating global capital and the more literal liquidity of the rising tides of climate change. The setting is the city and this meticulously researched and argued book probes the nexus of myopia, greed, environmental disaster—and hope—that has placed the urban habitat of billions of us in extremis.”—Michael Sorkin, author of All Over the Map: Writing on Buildings and Cities“A sobering account of how planetary urbanization has put us on a collision course with the natural world.”—Jonathan Hahn, Sierra Magazine“A must-read for everyone who wants to understand the politics of climate change in an increasingly urban planet, and to explore the possibilities for radical change beyond all technological fixes and governmental adjustments that only reproduce the system as it is.”—Marco Armiero, director of the Environmental Humanities Laboratory, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden“A superb essay of political ecology, Extreme Citiesdemonstrates that there is nothing more depending on nature than the city, offering both a diagnosis and a possible therapy for one of the greatest challenges of our time.”—Serenella Iovino, editor of Material Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities: Voices from the Anthropocene“Extreme Cities takes the critical long view to challenge city decision-makers to deal seriously with the clash of business-as-usual development, threats from climate change, and persistent social inequality to develop real transformations to drive cities toward sustainability and resilience.”—Timon McPhearson, Director, Urban Systems Lab at The New School, New York City“With the majority of humanity located in cities, it behooves us to consider urban ecologies as recent and future sites of non-natural disasters as well as inspiring places of collective resilience and struggles for justice. Dawson’s book is a guiding light.”—T.J. Demos, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture at UC Santa Cruz, Director of its Center for Creative Ecologies“The definitive study of an urban—and planetary—system pushed to the breaking point. Extreme Citiespaints a terrifying, but also hopeful, picture, weaving together accounts of iron-fisted states, greedy real estate developers, and the communities that challenge their rule.”—Jason W. Moore, author of Capitalism in the Web of Life“A profoundly sobering picture of climate change’s uneven urban toll, both across global expanses and within particular neighborhoods, while also spotlighting instances of radical, on-the-ground resistance to such trends.”—Emily Scott, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, ETH Zuric and co-editor of Critical Landscapes: Art, Space, Politics“Dawson makes a convincing case that, unless urban dwellers and civic leaders engage in a fundamental reconceptualization of the city and whom it serves, the future of urban life is dim.”—Publishers Weekly(starred review)“A substantive contribution to the growing dialogue about our response—or lack thereof—to climate change.”—Kirkus“Dawson is well attuned to the ways that upheavals and disasters disproportionately affect the socioeconomically disadvantaged. As Donald Trump continues to roll back protection measures and disavow the US’s role in global cooperation to mitigate the effects of climate change, [Extreme Cities] is a clear-eyed reminder of who, and what, will be left most vulnerable as a result.”—Fast Company“Extreme Citiesis an angry book—as it should be … Ashley Dawson outlines the existential dilemma facing coastal cities, and the refusal of various powerbrokers to acknowledge that reality, in bold and frequently horrifying terms.”—Chris Barsanti, Rain Taxi“Invoking terms such as ‘climate apartheid,’ he greatly expands what people traditionally think of as relevant climate policy language. Recognizing that climate change mitigation and adaptation are interwoven with—and exacerbated by—social inequities and other problems plaguing modern cities is sobering, but this realization provides hope that humanity can move toward greater resilience to environmental problems by addressing non-climatic factors that will improve cities in the presence or absence of climate change.”—Choice"Extreme Citiestakes on the needed work of slowing down to chronicle and consider this meantime, without shying away from its messiness … More than simply lay out the existence of disparities, it illuminates the relationship between them."—Liz Koslov, Public Books“[Ashley Dawson] cuts through the green capitalist hype and shows instead that life under climate change has grown increasingly precarious for working-class people living in major urban centers in the twenty-first century … A sweeping narrative that ties together disparate calamities.”—Zachary Alexis, International Socialist ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceGive the Land BackAshley Dawson IntroductionDecolonizing ConservationFiore Longo Part I: “In the Name of Nature”: The Crimes and Wrongdoings of Colonial Conservation Section One. What Is “Fortress Conservation”? 1. fortress Conservation in Modern Africa: Past and PresentGuillaume Blanc, Historian of the Environment, Rennes 2 University, France 2. Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: from Policing to Community ConservationBlaise Mudodosi, Actions Pour La Promotion Et Protection Des Espèces Et Peuples Menacés (Apem), Democratic Republic of the Congo 3. Fight Against Extinction: The Sengwer Indigenous People’ Struggle for Land Rights in KenyaKipchumba Rotich, Sengwer of Embobut Cbo, Kenya 4. The Post 2020 Agenda and fortress Conservation in IndiaNeema Pathak Broome, Kalpavriksh, Icca, India Second Two. The Militarisation of Conservation and Its Impact onIndigenous Peoples 5. The Politics of Global Funding for Militarisation in ConservationProfessor Rosaleen Duffy, Biosec, United Kingdom 6. The Fight Against Colonial Conservation is a Fight for Millions of People Across the World Pranab Doley, Jeepal Krishak Shramik Sangha, Kaziranga National Park, India 7. Cries and Tears from the Riparian Populations of the Virunga National Park in the Rutshuru Territory, Democratic Republic of the CongoDelcasse Lukumbu, Lutte Pour Le Changement (Lucha), Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo8. Chitwan National Park, Where the Community Are the Best ConservationistsBirendra Mahato, Community Conservation Nepal, Chitwan National Park, Nepal9. Our Most Fervent Wish is to Return to the Forest, Our LandJulien Basimika Enamiruwa, Actions Pour Le Regroupement Et L’auto Promotion Des Pygmées, Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. With An Introduction By Deborah S. Rogers, Initiative for Equality. Section Three: 30x30 10. The 30x30 Target and its Impacts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Why a New Way forward is Needed Lara Domínguez, Minority Rights Group, United Kingdom11. Indigenous Peoples Should Be Leaders of Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Action and Not Victims of its PoliciesArchana Soreng, Khadia Activist and Member of Un Secretary General Youth Advisory Group onClimate Change, India12. What’s Beyond the Protected Areas System?Sutej Hugu, Indigenous Taiwan Self-Determination Alliance, Icca, Taiwan13. Conservation Needs Fundamental Economic and Political TransformationAshish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, India Section Four: The False Solutions to Climate Change 14. Financialization & Sustainable Finance as Guardians of the Status QuoFrédéric Hache, Green Finance Observatory, Belgium 15. Nature-Based Solutions: Planet Salvation or Planetary Betrayal?Simon Counsell, Survival International Consultant, United Kingdom 16. Indigenous Zapotec in Between Dispossession and Energetic Colonialism: The Edf Case in Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca, MexicoNorberto Altamirano Zárate, Binniza (Zapoteco) from the Unión Hidalgo Indigenous Community, Istmo De Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico17. The Decolonization of Nature Conservation: We Are Earth, We Are NatureJosefa Sanchez Contreras, Member of the Zoque People of San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca, Mexico18. Climate Change Mitigation and Conservation in India: Solutions Are False Problems, Too Many and Tree-LessDr Bhanumathi Kalluri, Dhaatri, India 19. Displacement and Violation of Human Rights in the Name of Nature in Petén, Guatemala Noé Amador, Community Delegate from Laguna Del Tigre and Sierra Del Lacandón, Guatemala Section Five. The Role of Media and International Donors 20. International Donors and Biodiversity Conservation: “Our Land Is Not Your Solution”Joe Eisen, Rainforest Foundation, United Kingdom 21. The Lion’s Share: Racialized Conservation and Misrepresentation in TanzaniaCeleste Alexander, Princeton University, United States 22. Failing MiserablyJohn Vidal, former Environment Editor of the Guardian, United Kingdom23. What Happens in the Forest Stays in the Forest: The Role of Donor Agencies in the Current Conservation Effort and Strategies for Making it More Equitable and EffectiveRobert Moise, Independent Anthropologist, United States Part Two: Decolonial Perspectives and Alternatives Section One. Why Is It Necessary to Decolonize Conservation? 24. Why We Need to Decolonize Conservation in Africa: Confronting the Challenges Mordecai Ogada, Conservation Solutions Afrika, Kenya 25. Indigenous Peoples of French Guiana Are Being Destroyed by NeocolonialismTaneyulime Pilisi, Copresident of the Aw Kae Collective for the Preservation and Development of Kalin’a Culture and Arts, French Guiana 26. Decolonizing Conservation and Development: Hold onto the Land; Their Grand Designs Will Collapse . . . Madhuresh Kumar, National Alliance of People's Movements (Napm), India and Resistance Studies Fellow at the University of Massachusetts.27. What Decolonizing Conservation Means and Why It Matters Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Colville Confederated Tribes, United States Section Two. The Land, Our Future: Indigenous Peoples and their Role in Protecting the Environment 28. ​The Decolonization of ThoughtJuan Pablo Gutierrez, Organización Nacional Indígena De Colombia29. I Was Not Born in Chile, Chile Was Born in My TerritoryLlanquiray Painemal Morales, Colectivo Mapuche Mawvn, Germany/Chile 30. Indigenous Peoples on the Caribbean Coast of NicaraguaLottie Cunningham Wren, Centro Por La Justicia Y Los Derechos Humanos De La Costa Atlántica De Nicaragua Cejudhcan, Nicaragua 31. It Is We Who Guard the Forest With Our LivesTokala Leeladhar, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, India 32. Our Forest Has Been Stolen for ConservationMekozi Rufin, Member of Baka Tribe, Republic of Congo33. We Need to Throw these Conservationists Out of Our forestsJK Thimma, Shaman and Leader from the Jenu Kuruba Tribe, India Section Three. Towards An Alternative Conservation 34. Towards A Collective “Whole Earth” Vision for the Future of Conservation?Robert Fletcher, Professor at Wageningen University, Netherlands35. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006: Towards an Alternative ConservationDr Madegowda C, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Brt Tiger Reserve, India36. Given All of the Obstacles, How Do We Fight for Our Future?Esther Wah, Conservation Alliance Tanawthari, Myanmar37. “Marseille Manifesto: A People’s Manifesto for the Future of Conservation”Collective Statement of the “Our Land Our Nature” Congress

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Book SynopsisA guide to one of the key practices in Samoan culture.Table of Contents1. Fofla sa 2. Pa'ia 'o le aso 3. 'Ava 4. Fa'afetai 5. Taeao 6. 'Autu 'o le lauga (aso) 7. Fa'amatafi

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Book Synopsis''Sometimes it feels as though the whole planet has been so polluted and ravaged that there are no Edens left, but they are there to be found by those who step off the beaten track... So it was with mine.''Fifty years ago the interior of Borneo was a pristine, virgin rainforest inhabited by uncontacted indigenous tribes and naive, virtually tame, wildlife. It was into this ''Garden of Eden'' that Robin Hanbury-Tenison led one of the largest ever Royal Geographical Society expeditions, an extraordinary undertaking which triggered the global rainforest movement and illuminated, for the first time, how vital rainforests are to our planet. For 15 months, Hanbury-Tenison and a team of some of the greatest scientists in the world immersed themselves in a place and a way of life that is on the cusp of extinction. Much of what was once a wildlife paradise is now a monocultural desert, devastated by logging and the forced settlement of nomadic tribes, where traditional ways of life and unimaginably rich and diverse species are slowly being driven to extinction. This is a story for our time, one that reminds us of the fragility of our planet and of the urgent need to preserve the last untamed places of the world.

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Book SynopsisA 50th anniversary revised edition of the beloved classic, God is Red. First published in 1972, Vine Deloria Jr.'s God Is Red 50th Anniversary Edition remains the seminal work on Native religious views, asking new questions about our species and our ultimate fate. Celebrating three decades in publication with a special 30th-anniversary edition, this classic work reminds us to learn "that we are a part of nature, not a transcendent species with no responsibilities to the natural world." It is time again to listen to Vine Deloria Jr.'s powerful voice, telling us about religious life that is independent of Christianity and that reveres the interconnectedness of all living things.

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Book SynopsisWith a new afterword by the authorsA powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s future Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth—countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval—was not apparent until recently, this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration of the planet, and of life itself, is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt, to persevere, and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destruction—and their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation. An American Library Association Notable Book, We Are the Middle of Forever places Indigenous voices at the ce

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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Eduardo Duran - a psychologist working in Indian country - draws on his own clinical experience to provide guidance to counsellors working with Native Peoples and other vulnerable populations. This second edition includes an important new chapter devoted to working with veterans.Trade ReviewOn the First Edition:“Duran’s personal and engaging style captivates the reader as he or she catches a glimpse of what training with this master must be like.”- PsycCritiques“[Translates] Western metaphor into indigenous ideas that make sense to Native People. Duran is one of our profession’s top contemporary authors… He invites us to walk through the doors of his books and we should do so.”- Journal of Transpersonal PsychologyTable of Contents Contents Foreword Allen E. Ivey xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 A Brief Look at Relevant Literature 4 The Importance of Cultural Competence 7 Previous Treatment and Research: Methods of Oppression 11 1. Wounding Seeking Wounding: The Psychology of Internalized Oppression 14 Liberation Psychology Through Hybridism 14 Intergenerational Trauma: The Soul Wound 17 The Psychology of the Healer 22 The Rape of Turtle Island 23 Starting a New Narrative 28 2. Overpathologizing Original People 31 Transference Toward Original People 32 Diagnosis as a Naming Ceremony  33 Therapists as Perpetrators of Historical Trauma 35 Clinical Racism in Indian Country 37 3. The Healing/Therapeutic Circle 41 In the Very Beginning 42 The Healing Container 44 The Identity of the Healer 45 Initial Sessions 48 4. Historical Trauma: Treating the Soul Wound 50 Case #1: Recognizing Violence as a Historical Inheritance 51 Case #2: Working with the Feeling Function 57 Conclusion 59 5. The Spirit of Alcohol: Treating Addiction 61 Teachings on the Spirit of Alcohol 61 Addiction as a Spiritual Disorder 63 Alcoholic as a Name 65 Case #3: Relating to the Spirit of Alcohol 67 Case #4: Interpreting a Dream Within a Group Session 76 Conclusion 78 6. Diagnosis: Treating Emotional Problems as Living Entities 80 Visits by Depression and Anxiety 81 Case #5: A Patient Visited by Depression and Anxiety 84 Conclusion: Pain and the Spirit of Healing 111 7. “All Conditions Normal”: Working with Veterans 112 Warrior Soul Wounding 114 Injury Where Blood Doesn’t Flow 116 Archetypal and Spiritual Understanding of Trauma 117 “He Restores My Soul” (Psalm 23:3) 120 Spirit of Suicide 120 Restoring Balance Through Gift Offerings 124 Don’t Waste Your Suffering 125 Case Study 126 Transitional Therapy 143 Conclusion 145 8. Community Intervention 148 Is Research the Answer?  149 Liberation Research Through Community Story Sciencing 153 Interventions with Indigenous Communities 158 Addressing Religious Differences in Native Communities 162 Healing the Land 164 Conclusion: A Slow Process 166 9. Clinical Supervision 168 A Sample of Supervisory Dialogue 169 Conclusion 175 10. Before Completion 178 References 183 Index 187 About the Author 193

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Book SynopsisEmpire's Tracksboldly reframes the history of the transcontinentalrailroad from the perspectives of the Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee Native American tribes, and the Chinese migrants whotoiled on its path. In this meticulously researched book, ManuKaruka situates the railroad within the violent global histories ofcolonialism and capitalism. Through an examination of legislative,military, and business records, Karuka deftly explains theimperialfoundations of U.S. political economy. Tracing the shared paths of Indigenous and Asian American histories, this multisitedinterdisciplinary study connects military occupation to exclusionaryborder policies, a linked chain spanning the heart of U.S. imperialism.This highly original and beautifully wrought book unveils how thetranscontinental railroad laid the tracks of the U.S. Empire. Trade Review"Empire’s Tracks comes at a critical juncture, which only compounds its appeal. It is a moment where monopolies breathe new life as seemingly benevolent multinational, e-commerce corporations; when oil pipelines continue to cut through North America despite opposition from Indigenous peoples (amongst others); and when threats of mass deportations emanate from the highest political offices. . . .Karuka’s sincere meditation on the historicity of war, finance and countersovereignty is deeply welcomed as it sensitises readers to the tragically unexceptional reality of the present." * LSE Review of Books *"A timely and provocative book, creating new ideas with which to re-examine the well-worn story of the railroad." * Society & Space *".Empire’s Tracks is impressive in its complexity, ambition, and ability to intertwine multiple processes in nineteenth-century continental history. Karuka concludes with a meditation on present-day U.S. imperialism and a call for Indigenous, feminist modes of decolonization: an urgent project with deep roots in Indigenous histories, cultures, and economies. Historians would do well to pay close attention." * Western Historical Quarterly *"This is an impressive piece of scholarship. While Karuka’s argument that US imperialism predates 1898 is not new, his sophisticated interdisciplinary approach sheds new light on the historical intersection of capitalism and imperialism. It will prompt readers to think critically about historical interpretation and responsibility, and the future consequences of our exploitative political economy." * Journal of Cultural Economy *"Empire’s Tracks powerfully and effectively portrays how US countersovereignty uses the railroad to stop the unraveling of its own claims to land and space through an unceasing campaign of extirpation and violence. Its contributions to critiques of settler colonialism and racial capitalism are substantial and are sure to be influential in years to come." * Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association *"Challenges existing scholarship and fields of study in profound ways. He transforms what, on its surface, appears to be a national American story into one of international, imperialist, and colonial history by reading contingency against assumed outcomes; decentering national creation myths; and foregrounding alternative Indigenous, Chinese, and other voices. In this, Karuka offers a case study for scholars of diplomatic history or international relations to turn inward to national histories they might otherwise overlook and consider new ways of bringing their expertise to seemingly domestic stories." * H-Net *"This fascinating, sophisticated book on the transcontinental railroad will produce more critical thinking on the part of readers than any railroad history they have ever read. Manu Karuka exposes the pageant of American exploration, expansion, engineering, and entrepreneurship as an imperialist project fueled by disturbing historical processes—Indigenous land expropriation, immigrant labor exploitation, and a “war-finance nexus”—but mythologized for a century thereafter as national destiny and Yankee ingenuity." * Journal of Arizona History *"Empire’s Tracks is impressive in its complexity, ambition, and ability to intertwine multiple processes in nineteenth-century continental history." * Western Historical Quarterly *"Empire’s Tracks serves as an invitation to recontextualize colonial narratives within the silences and erasures inherent in these narratives, uncovering and decolonizing communities of knowledge and relationship through the careful study of archives, rumors, oral histories, literary representations, maps, and collective memories." * Great Plains Quarterly *"Karuka provides an essential critique of U.S. political economy, adding layers to Asian settler colonial history and the Chinese railroad worker narrative." * Journal of Asian American Studies *"Karuka’s account refuses the more familiar liberal historiography of American exceptionalism that promises freedom through liberal democracy and progress through capitalist development, and in doing so, the author advances a number of bold arguments." * Native American and Indigenous Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1 • The Prose of Countersovereignty 2 • Modes of Relationship 3 • Railroad Colonialism 4 • Lakota 5 • Chinese 6 • Pawnee 7 • Cheyenne 8 • Shareholder Whiteness 9 • Continental Imperialism Epilogue: The Significance of Decolonization in North America Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of Making Space for Indigenous Feminism proposed that Indigenous feminism was a valid and indeed essential theoretical and activist position, and introduced a roster of important Indigenous feminist contributors. This new edition builds on the success and research of the first and provides updated and new chapters that cover a wide range of some of the most important issues facing Indigenous peoples today: violence against women, recovery of Indigenous self-determination, racism, misogyny and decolonization. Specifically, new chapters deal with Indigenous resurgence, feminism amongst the Sami and in Aboriginal Australia, neoliberal restructuring in Oaxaca, Canada's settler racism and sexism, and missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.Written by Indigenous feminists and allies, this book provides a powerful and original intellectual and political contribution demonstrating that feminism has much to offer Indigenous women, and all Indigenous peoples, in their struggles against oppression.

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Book SynopsisBrenna Bhandar examines how the emergence of modern property law contributed to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies, showing how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon ideologies of European racial superiority as well as legal narratives that equated civilized life with English concepts of property.Trade Review"I am obsessed with the force and eloquence with which [Bhandar] analyzes the birth of private property and its ongoing devastating effects. This book is going to be precious to me and many other people, too." -- Jordy Rosenberg * Shelf Awareness *"A multidisciplinary and highly original historical account of the legal and philosophical justifications for appropriation and private ownership in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." -- Liz Fekete * Race & Class *"Bhandar's important and nuanced book is highly recommended to those with an interest in property theory." -- Ambreena Manji * Journal of Law and Society *"Through close reading of the work of property philosophers as they travel between settler colonial spaces, Bhandar sheds light on where and how the most corrosive ideologies of property reside in the interstitial spaces of everyday culture." -- Anjali Vats * Quarterly Journal of Speech *"Colonial Lives of Property is a deft and nuanced analysis of the various ways that property—as both a concept and a set of practices—has been formative to the production and maintenance of categories of racial governance in late modern and contemporary settler colonial societies. It makes significant contributions to social, political, and legal theory, as well as to Indigenous and settler colonial studies and is a necessary text for those with active research agendas or pedagogical interests in those fields. . . . Colonial Lives of Property offers an impressive, sweeping critical analysis of the property-race nexus in settler colonial contexts." -- Robert Nichols * Theory & Event *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Property, Law, and Race in the Colony 1 1. Use 33 2. Propertied Abstractions 77 3. Improvement 115 4. Status 149 Conclusion: Life beyond the Boundary 181 Notes 201 Bibliography 239 Index 257

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Book SynopsisIn twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In The Democracy of Species Robin Wall Kimmerer guides us towards a more reciprocal, grateful and joyful relationship with our animate earth, from the wild leeks in the field to the deer in the woods.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocably altered by humans, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend the planet, and affirm our place at the heart of its restoration. Their words have endured through the decades, becoming the classics of a movement. Together, these books show the richness of environmental thought, and point the way to a fairer, saner, greener world.

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Book SynopsisThe wisdom of the Ancestors is brought to life in this deck which is based on beliefs and practices of a First Nations people that spans more than 160,000 years.Aboriginal Ancestral Wisdom Oracle has a unique method of exploring the same situation from various viewpoints, by including a light and dark message from the Ancestors on each card, all the while working between 4 different environments:Freshwater Wisdom represents our journey to seek clarity through the muddy waters and onto the clear fresh water downstream where everything becomes more transparent.Saltwater Wisdom represents our journey to the deepest depths of our wisdom and the closer we journey, the more evident our messages become.Desert Wisdom represents our knowledge which is hidden in plain sight, yet if time is taken to explore the situation as a whole, answers become more apparent.Rainforest Wisdom represents our ability to hide in the background while we assess our environment and ponder our next move. The light messages are confirmation that we are on the right path and offer words of wisdom and encouragement to continue on the journey, whereas the dark messages prompts us to consider things differently and explore other ways in which we could attain an alternative outcome.

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Book SynopsisIn mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradition has been re-established, and its regeneration coincides with a growing interest in Maori astronomy. Still, there remain some unanswered questions about how Matariki was traditionally observed. These include: What is Matariki? Why did Maori observe Matariki? How did Maori traditionally celebrate Matariki?When and how should Matariki be celebrated? Based on research and interviews with Maori experts, this book seeks answers to these questions and explores what Matariki was in a traditional sense so it can be understood and celebrated in our modern society.

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