{"product_id":"the-gatherings-9781487545888","title":"The Gatherings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, \u003cem\u003eThe Gatherings\u003c\/em\u003e shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory – a region encompassing the state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes – a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals came together to explore some of the most pressing questions at the heart of Truth and Healing efforts in the United States and Canada. Meeting over several years in long-weekend gatherings, in a Wabanaki-led traditional Council format, assumptions were challenged, perspectives upended, and stereotypes shattered. Alliances and friendships were formed that endure to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gatherings\u003c\/em\u003e tells the moving story of these meetings in the words of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. Reuniting to reflect on how their lives were changed by their experiences \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gatherings is an unusual book in the powerful authenticity of feeling it expresses.\" -- Dana White * OFF RADAR, centralmaine.com *\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gatherings: Reimaging Indigenous-Settler Relations offers eye-opening information that is beautifully tied together with thought-provoking and insightful stories from individuals who have initiated the work that needs to be done to end the fragile relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers.\" -- Carly Smith * Cloud Lake Literary *\u003cbr\u003e\"Calling themselves collectively 'Mawopiyane,' a Passamaquoddy word meaning 'let us sit together,' they spent several years piecing together this simply framed, but profoundly encouraging book.\" -- Dana Wilde, National Book Critics Circle * \u003cem\u003eThe Working Waterfront\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The Gatherings: Reimaging Indigenous-Settler Relations offers eye-opening information that is beautifully tied together with thought-provoking and insightful stories from individuals who have initiated the work that needs to be done to end the fragile relationships between Indigenous peoples and settlers.\" -- Carly Smith * \u003cem\u003eCloud Lake Literary\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors share the insights they have gained on how Natives and non-Natives can work well together by acknowledging First Peoples, honoring agreements, understanding their worldviews, and being in conversation with one another.\" -- David Etheridge * \u003cem\u003eFriends Journal\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  With Gratitude  Notes on Terminology  Introduction   Gathering    The Talking Circle   Miigam’agan  Wayne  Gwen  Dana  Alma  Barb  gkisedtanamoogk  Shirley H.  Debbie  Shirley B. Wesley  Marilyn  Betty  JoAnn   The Last Gathering  The Decision  Hindsight  The Gatherings: May 1987 to May 1993  Creating This Book   The Giveaway Blanket    The Circle and Ceremony  The Circle and Decision Making  Ceremony: Protect or Share It?   Allies, Friends, Family  Beginnings  The Women Compare Notes  The Relationship Evolves  Mutuality   How We Got Here  The Doctrine of Discovery  But What about the Treaties?  The Personal Is Political  Economic Self-Determination  Beginning to Make Amends  Some Progress ... and a Long Way to Go   How It Could Be Different  Being Here Legitimately Acknowledging First Peoples\/Honoring the Treaties  An Indigenous Worldview  The Need for Gathering Spaces  Creating a Gathering Space  Working Together on a Cause  Humility versus “White Guilt”  Non-Natives Working with Our Own People  Entering the Longhouse   Being in the Relationship: An Afterword by Dr. Frances Hancock    Appendix: How This Book Came to Be  Notes  Suggested Resources  Contributors Map: Location of the Gatherings  Reader’s Guide  Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409165033815,"sku":"9781487545888","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487545888.jpg?v=1730505714","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gatherings-9781487545888","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}