Because This Land Is Who We Are : Indigenous Practices of Environmental Repossession.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richmond, Chantelle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples.

Environmental justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the concept of Indigenous environmental repossession, emphasizing the practices and philosophies that underpin Indigenous efforts to reclaim and protect their lands. It delves into the relational ontologies, such as kincentric ecology and kinship, that inform Indigenous perspectives on land and environment. The authors discuss various forms of activism, including direct actions like occupations and blockades, as well as cultural productions that assert Indigenous sovereignty and identity. The book highlights specific case studies, such as the resistance against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, and the gathering practices of the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg, illustrating the diverse strategies Indigenous communities use to affirm their rights and connection to their ancestral lands. Intended for scholars, activists, and those interested in Indigenous rights and environmental justice, the book provides insights into the multifaceted nature of environmental repossession as both a local and global phenomenon. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction

From across the Seas, We Are All Connected

Who We Are and How This Book Came to Be

Environmental Dispossession

Environmental Repossession

Indigenous Resurgence and the Need to Account for Environmental Repossession

Book Outline

Chapter 1 For All Our Kin: A Relational Understanding of Environmental Responsibilities

Relational Ontology, Kincentric Ecology, and Kinship

Anchoring Environmental Repossession in Our Own Relational Ontologies

Kapu Aloha

Kaitiakitanga-Land as Pedagogy and a wanaka at Wanaka

Mino Bimaadiziwin: An Anishinaabe Philosophy for Living the Good Life (on the Land, in the City, and in the University)

Chapter Summary

Chapter 2 The Practices and Praxis of Indigenous Environmental Repossession

Occupations, Blockades, and Resistance Camps: Indigenous Direct Action as Repossession

Vernacular Sovereignty in the Everyday

Alliance-Making and Collaboration with Others

Performative Action: Cultural Production and Indigenous Activism

Chapter 3 Kūkulu: Pillars of Mauna Kea Exhibit

… e welina mai nei … welcome …

Kaʻi Kūkulu: He aha la he kūkulu

Hānau Ka Mauna, the Mountain Is Born

Historical Acts of Kānaka Resistance

Ku Kiaʻi Mauna, Mountain Protectors Rise

Kūkulu and Indigenous Repossession

Kūkulu and Community Working Groups

Oli Kūkulu

Kūkulu as Evolving Kānaka Hawaiʻi Cartography

Awakening Ancestral Alignments: Opening Day Performance

Kūkulu and the Non-Kānaka Ally

Kaʻi Kūkulu-Lasting Impressions

Acknowledgments

Chapter 4 Cultivating Boundary Crossers: Trespass Gardening in the Stonefields

Learning Repossession

Exclusion from Joint Cultural and Natural Heritage

A Catalyst for More Assertive Activism: Ihumātao and the SHA

Taniwha Club: Reclaiming Focus.

Training for Next-Gen Protestors

Going Viral, Going Radical, and Going Legit

Neo/Colonial Transgressions and Boundary (Re)Crossing

He Mutunga

Chapter 5 Gathering for Wellness in Biigtigong Nishnaabeg

Gathering as Connection with Places, Knowledge, and People

Nishnaabeg Research Creation

Biigtigong Experiences of Dispossession and Impact on Wellness

Biigtigong's Healing Movement

Reclaiming Our Original Gathering Place at the Mouth of the Pic

Moose Camp

Bringing Our Women Back Home

Being Anishinaabe Together Again

Conclusion-The Land Is Who We Are

Centering Kinship Relationships and Care in Environmental Repossession

Linking Direct Action to Everyday Practices of Environmental Repossession

Affirming Indigeneity through Daily Renewal

Indigenous Pedagogies and Leadership in Repossession

Environmental Repossession as an Expression of Indigenous Rights

Glossary of Indigenous Phrases

Hawaiʻi Terms

Nga kupu Māori

Anishinaabe Terms

References

Author Biographies

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781350247680

1350247685

9781350247697

1350247693

OCLC:

1428904504

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access