{"product_id":"dibayndiziwin-to-own-ourselves-9781459748996","title":"Dibayndiziwin To Own Ourselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collaboration exploring the importance of the Ojibway-Anishinabe worldview, use of ceremony, and language in living a good life, attaining true reconciliation, and resisting the notions of indigenization and colonialization inherent in Western institutions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndigenization within the academy and the idea of truth and reconciliation within Canada have been seen as the remedy to correct the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadian society. While honourable, these actions are difficult to achieve given the Western nature of institutions in Canada and the collective memory of its citizens, and the burden of proof has always been the responsibility of Anishinabeg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthors Makwa Ogimaa (Jerry Fontaine) and Ka-pi-ta-aht (Don McCaskill) tell their di-bah-ji-mo-wi-nan (Stories of personal experience) to provide insight into the cultural, political, social, and academic events of the past fifty years of Ojibway-Anishinabe resistance in Canada. They suggest t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese messages must be for ourselves first and foremost in that a much-neglected area in our struggle is the reclaiming of our minds — our own imaginations. \u003cem\u003eDi-bayn-di-zi-win\u003c\/em\u003e will be useful for our people here in New Zealand and many of the Indigenous jurisdictions I have worked with across the world.\u003c\/p\u003e * Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Distinguished Professor, Massey University - NZ *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are multiple ways to inhabit our deepest principles. There are also many ways to honor land and our elders by embodying the teachings of both. Here is life found in kindness, loving, and truth. How do we access healing and how do we share this healing with others? Reading this book is one way. Tears of gratitude are for you both, Jerry Fontaine and Don McCaskill. Mahalo nui no ko ?ike nahenahe. Thank you for this mutual emergence shaped as much by friendship as it is by ?ike kupuna - elder knowledge. What is within these pages are ceremonial gifts offered to all who will take the time to connect with what is inevitable about our collective evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e * Manulani Aluli Meyer, University of Hawaii *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work that will take us towards the equitable and respectful mutual co-existence that our ancestors envisioned with each treaty signed to share land and resources includes this book and others to come.\u003c\/p\u003e * Phil Fontaine, former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book can be a source of inspiration to take a new path, in and out of academia, for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. \u003c\/p\u003e * Gustavo Esteva, Universidad de la Tierra en Oaxaca *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaa-ji-taa (We Begin)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiinitam (My Turn) Don McCaskill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Ka-pi-ta-aht di-bah-ji-mo (Don McCaskill Tells His Story) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 Niizhwasso ishkode (Seventh Fire): Political Resistance and Ojibway-Anishinabe Cultural Renewal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultural Renewal of the Seventh Fire: Anishinabe Ways of Doing and Knowing and Nah-nahn-gah-dah-wayn-ji-gay-win (How we came to think this way about our reality)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Continuance of Resistance and Revival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResidential School System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvironmental Protests\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHas Resurgence Made a Difference? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e3 Indigenous Studies: Finding Understanding Through a Transformative Way of Knowing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Academic Program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApplied Community Program\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolitical Advocacy and Outside Pressures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cultural Component\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrent Department Expansion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBezhig onaagan gaye bezhig emikwan, biin-di-go-daa-di-win, and naa-wi aki: A Culturally Based Approach to Reconciliation and Indigenizing the Academy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving Forward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eNiinitam (My Turn) Jerry Fontaine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 Makwa Ogimaa di-bah-ji-mo (Jerry Fontaine Shares His Story) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNi di-bah-jim (I’ll share my story)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKay-go-wah-ni-kayn andi-wayn-ji-ahn (Don’t ever forget where you come from) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eO-di-ni-gay-win zhigo Nay-nahn-do-jee-kayn-chi-gayd (Digging Around and Doing Research) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNah-nahn-gah-dah-wayn-ji-gay-win (How we came to think this way about our reality) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI-nah-di-zi-win (Our way of being and way of life) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOjibway-anishinabe i-zhi-chi-gay-win zhigo kayn-dah-so-win gemaa a-zhi-kay-ni-mo-nahd-a-di-sid bay-mah-di-sid (Ojibway-Anishinabe ways of doing and knowing or how we used our way of thinking and ceremonies to find answers) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e5 Gah-wi- zhi maw-ji-say-muh-guhk (The way it happened) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Ni-noon-dah-wah-min in-way-wahd gi-gay-tay anishinabeg on-ji-ning-gi-kayn-dah-so-min wayn-ji-da ji-ga-gway-dwaywi-nan (We hear the voices of our ancestors because we know how to ask the most basic questions) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDi-bah-ji-mo-win o-nah-ko-nah (To ceremonially call upon the story)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDi-bah-ji-mo maa-gi-zhaa gaye mah-zhi-nay-bi’i-gay (The story is shared and then maybe written)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAh-way-chi-gay-win (To teach by telling a story)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eG’gi-zhi-too-min (We’re finished)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimeline of Events\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaah-ni-ka-no-tah-gay-win (Interpretation and Glossary) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeegwetchiwenimaad (Acknowledgements) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors","brand":"Dundurn Group Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885722513751,"sku":"9781459748996","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781459748996.jpg?v=1722537462","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dibayndiziwin-to-own-ourselves-9781459748996","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}