The winter we danced : voices from the past, the future, and the Idle No More movement / edited by The Kino-nda-niimi Collective.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kino-nda-niimi Collective, editor.

Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Idle No More movement.

Idle No More movement--Literary collections.

Indigenous peoples.

Protest movements.

Canada.

Protest movements--Canada.

Protest movements--Canada--Literary collections.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations.

Indigenous peoples--Canada--Government relations--Literary collections.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Literature.

Physical Description:

439 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : ARP Books, [2014]

Summary:

"The Winter We Danced is a vivid collection of writing, poetry, lyrics, art and images from the many diverse voices that make up the past, present, and future of the Idle No More movement. Calling for pathways into healthy, just, equitable and sustainable communities while drawing on a wide-ranging body of narratives, journalism, editorials and creative pieces, this collection consolidates some of the most powerful, creative and insightful moments from the winter we danced and gestures towards next steps in an on-going movement for justice and Indigenous self-determination"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Introduction: A healing time / SkyBlue Mary Morin

Idle No More : the winter we danced / The Kino-nda-niimi Collective.

First beats: Come my way / Tara Williamson

#IdleNoMore in historical context / Glen Coulthard

Why are we Idle No More? / Pamela Palmater

Occupy(ed) Canada : the political economy of indigenous dispossession / Shiri Pasternak

Decolonizing together : moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization / Harsha Walia

Harper launches major Frist Nations termination plan : as negotiating tables legitimize Canada's colonialism / Russell Diabo

Armed with nothing more than a song and a drum : Idle No More / Sylvia McAdam (Sasewahum)

"Our People Were Glowing" : an interview with Tanya Kappo / Tanya Kappo with Hayden King

The Idle No More manifesto / Jessica Gordon & The Founders of Idle No More

"Our People are Frustrated" : an interview with Chief Isadore Day / Ryan McMahon and Wab Kinew with Chief Isadore Day

Ghosts of indigenous activism past, present, future : #IdleNoMore's transformative potential / Hayden King

Transforming unity : an interview with Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Derek Nepinak / Derek Nepinak with Leah Gazan

Idle No More : re-storying Canada / Sheelah McLean

Idle No More is not just an "Indian Thing" / Wab Kinew

The round dance revolution : Idle No More / Ryan McMahon

Kisikew Iskwew, the woman spirit / Nina Wilson

What if Natives stop subsidizing Canada? / Dru Oja Jay

We are free human beings, part one / Lori M. Mainville

"Give People a Hub" : an interview with Jarrett Martineau / Jarrett Martineau with Stephen Hui

Revolutionary acts of non-violence disempowers opposition / Waneek Horn-Miller

The white paper and the Idle No More movement / Dale Turner.

Singers and dancers: Nothing will ever be the same : Idle No More / Neal McLeod

Canada, it's time. We need to fix this in our generation / Chelsea Vowel

"Waking up to the Beauty" : an interview with Chickadee Richard / Chickadee Richard with Leah Gazan

Everything you do is political, you're Anishinaabe : or, what Idle No More is to me / Ryan McMahon

Why First Nations Movement is our best change for clean land and water / Winona LaDuke

Dancing in a mall / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

We Natives are deeply divided : there's nothing wrong with that / Hayden King

#IdleNoMore provides us with opportunity to examine nationhood / Tara Williamson

Fish broth & fasting / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Day / Ellen Gabriel

The sucker punch of January 11 / Alo White

Reclaiming ourselves one name at a time / Christi Belcourt

No more / Plex (D. Bedard)

"The Megaphone Girl" : an interview with Jenna (Liiciious) Wirch / Jenna Wirch with Leah Gazan

The unravelling of a colonized mind / Jana-Rae Yerxa

Silence is not our mother tongue : Madwewewin, the first taste of sound / Lesley Belleau

How do you say Idle No More in Anishinaabemowin? / Melody McKiver

My grandfather : my role model / Cara Mumford

We hold our hands up : on indigenous women's love and resistance / Dory Nason

More than a poster campaign : redefining colonial violence / Sarah Hunt

"I have waited 40 years for this. Keep it going and don't stop!" : an interview with Siku Allooloo / Siku Allooloo with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Idle No More rules for all eternity forever and ever tapwe and amen mahsi cho! / Richard Van Camp

Scapegoat for a movement? / Ethan Cox

Nishiyuu walkers : in reslessness, there is power / Paul Seesequasis.

Friendships: Blind justice / Lee Maracle

Why Idle No More is gaining strength, and why all Canadians should care / Jeff Dennis

Awake, hungry, and Idle No More / Naomi Klein

Q opening essay / Jian Ghomeshi & Matt Tunnacliffe

#Idlenomore : settler responsibility for relationship / Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox

Letter to Chief Theresa Spence / Canadian Union of Postal Workers

I AM CANADIAN! (because of treaties with indigenous nations) / Toby Rollo

Academics in solidarity with Chief Spence and Idle No More / Open letter to the Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper and the Right Honourable Governor General David Johnston

Idle No More : a profound social movement that is already succeeding / Judy Rebick

#Ottawapiskat / Compiled by Hayden King

The terms of engagement with Indigenous Nationhood / Eric Ritskes

White noise / Shane Rhodes

Letter to Prime Minister Harper from Indigenous Women of Turtle Island / Indigenous Women of Turtle Island

Indigenous journalists need apply : #IdleNoMore and the #MSM / Waubgeshig Rice

The words we have inherited / Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair

Wa'tkwanonwerà:ton Akwé:kon Tetewá:nera

greetings all my relations / Ellen Gabriel

Kaa Maamdaa Geyabi Baabiinchigeying, no longer are we waiting! / Miskwaasining Nagamojig (Swamp Singers)

Canadian artists statement of solidarity with Idle No More

Déclaration de solidarité des artistes Canadiens avec le mouvement Idle No More

J28 284 / Rita Wong

Idle No More organizers reach out to queer community / Laura Zahody

Idle No More, the Black experience, and why it is that what we say about others reveals so much about ourselves / Daniel Tseghay

Idle No More : where the mainstream media went wrong / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

As long as the water never idles : movement in grassy narrows First Nation / Ryan Duplassie.

Image warriors: Image warriors / curated by Wanda Nanibush

There is hope, if we rise #1-12 / Sonny Assu

Round dance / Nathalie Bertin

Idle No More / David Garneau

Restless / David Garneau

Canadian flag / David Garneau

Hunting Windigo / LauraLee K Harris / Oh Kanata, we are / LauraLee K Harris

Spiritual awakening / LauraLee K Harris

Still wading / Erin Konsmo

Traplines not pipelines / Erin Konsmo

Land body conquest / Erin Konsmo

Idle No More Toronto / Tanis Nielsen

Bill c45 252 / Tannis Nielsen

Parliament Hill / Tannis Nielsen

Nation to nation now / Tannis Nielsen

Omnibus / Michael Wesley

Water walk / Tannis Nielsen.

New directions: His feast : Her Broken Fast / Rosanna Deerchild

Idle No More : where do we go from here? / Chelsea Vowel Resetting and restoring the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada / Taiaiake Alfred and Toby Rollo

Seeing strength, beauty & resilience in ourselves : an interview with Eugene Boulanger / Eugene Boulanger with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

First Nations : working towards fundamental change / Chief Theresa Spence and supporters

Miigwetch, thank you, Chief Spence / Wab Kinew

Idle No More : a revolutionary love song / Alex Wilson

The Ogimaa Mikana project / The Ogimaa Mikana Collective : Susan Blight, Hayden King, Connor Pion, Alex McKay, Craig Tough, and Julia Hepburn

After the rallies : where do we go from here? / Michael Redhead Champagne

Through our eyes

who leads? / Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond

Idle No More : strong hearts of Indigenous women's leadership / Wanda Nanibush

We are free human beings, part two / Lori M. Mainville

Idle No More and Indigenous nationhood / Taiaiake Alfred

Pauwauwaein : Idle No More to the Indigenous nationhood movement / Lesley Belleau

Indigenous Nationhood Movement

statement of principles

Idle No More solidarity spring : a call to action / Idle No More and Defenders of the Land

The PKOLS reclamation : saturating our land with stories / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

The movement that shood the Indigenous globe / Andrea Landry

The rise of the Native rights-based strategic framework : our last best hope to save our water, air, and earth / Clayton Thomas-Muller

This a ceremony / Tara Williamson.

Timeline: Timeline of major events spanning the winter we danced

Note on the proceeds from The winter we danced

Native Youth Sexual Health Network statement & resources on recent sexual assault in Thunder Bay in support of indigenous women in Idle No More and all survivors of violence

Biographies of contributors.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Professor Elisabeth J. Tooker Fund.

ISBN:

1894037510

9781894037518

OCLC:

865493456

Publisher Number:

99963802258