Our knowledge is not primitive : decolonizing botanical Anishinaabe teachings / Wendy Makoons Geniusz, illustrations by Annmarie Geniusz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geniusz, Wendy Djinn, author.

Series:

The Iroquois and Their Neighbors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--United States.

Decolonization.

Eurocentrism.

Ojibwa Indians--Ethnobotany--History--Sources.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ethnology--Social aspects--United States.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Research--United States.

Ojibwa Indians--Ethnobotany.

Ojibwa Indians--Colonization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1ST ED.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Traditional Anishinaabe (Ojibwe or Chippewa) knowledge, like the knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples around the world, has long been collected and presented by researchers who were not a part of the culture they observed. The result is a "colonized" version of the knowledge, one that is distorted and trivialized by an ill-suited Eurocentric paradigm of scientific investigation and classification. In Our Knowledge Is Not Primitive, Wendy Makoons Geniusz contrasts the way in which Anishinaabe botanical knowledge is presented in the academic record with how it is preserved in Anishinaabe culture. In doing so she seeks to open a dialogue between the two communities to discuss methods for decolonizing existing texts and to develop innovative approaches for conducting more culturally meaningful research in the future. As an Anishinaabe who grew up in a household practicing traditional medicine and who went on to earn a doctorate and become a professional scholar, Geniusz possesses the authority of someone with a foot firmly planted in each world. Her unique ability to navigate both Indigenous and scientific perspectives makes this book an invaluable contribution to the field and enriches our understanding of all native communities."--GoogleBooks.

Contents:

Introduction: Decolonization and Biskaabiiyang methodologies

The presentation of botanical Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin in the written record

Botanical Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin within Anishinaabe-izhitwaawin

The colonization and decolonization of Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin

Giizhikaatig miinawaa Wiigwaasi-mitig : a sample of decolonized Anishinaabe-gikendaasowin

Conclusion

Appendix: Instructions for working with Giizhikaatig and Wiigwaasi-mitig.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815656524

0815656521

OCLC:

1355687469

Publisher Number:

heb40306 hdl