Description
Book SynopsisTraditionally, nêhiyaw (Cree) laws are shared and passed down through oral customs — stories, songs, ceremonies — using lands, waters, animals, land markings and other sacred rites. However, the loss of the languages, customs, and traditions of Indigenous peoples as a direct result of colonization has necessitated this departure from the oral tradition to record the physical laws of the nêhiyaw. McAdam, a co-founder of the international movement Idle No More, shares nêhiyaw laws so that future generations, both nêhiyaw and non-Indigenous people, may understand and live by them to revitalize Indigenous nationhood.
Trade ReviewThe text employs many Cree words, but this is done in a way that makes the meaning clear to non-indigenous readers, and there’s a glossary for those who don’t know the language. -- Alexis Kienlen * Quill & Quire *
Table of ContentsForeword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer
tawâw niwâhkômâkanak
Introduction: ahâw . . . pîhtokwêk
Soulflame manitow wiyinikêwina
The Promised Land
Rebuilding Indigenous Nationhood
Idle No More
Glossary of nêhiyawêwin Terms
Notes
