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Abstract: Over the past thirty years, a strong canon of Indigenous feminist literature has addressed how Indigenous women are uniquely and dually affected by colonialism and patriarchy. Indigenous women have long recognized that their intersectional realities were not represented in mainstream feminism, which was principally white, middle-class, and often ignored realities of colonialism. As Indigenous feminist ideals grew, Indigenous women became increasingly multi-vocal, with multiple and oppositional understandings of what constituted Indigenous feminism and whether or not it was a useful concept. Emerging from these dialogues are conversations from a new generation of scholars, activists, artists, and storytellers who accept the usefulness of Indigenous feminism and seek to broaden the concept. In Good Relation captures this transition and makes sense of Indigenous feminist voices that are not necessarily represented in existing scholarship. There is a need to further Indigenize our understandings of feminism and to take the scholarship beyond a focus on motherhood, life history, or legal status (in Canada) to consider the connections between Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous philosophies, the environment, kinship, violence, and Indigenous Queer Studies. Organized around the notion of "generations," this collection brings into conversation new voices of Indigenous feminist theory, knowledge, and experience. Taking a broad and critical interpretation of Indigenous feminism, it depicts how an emerging generation of artists, activists, and scholars are envisioning and invigorating the strength and power of Indigenous women. -- Provided by publisher

Contents: Introduction / Sarah Nickel -- Broadening indigenous feminisms. The uninvited / by Jana-Rae Yerxa -- Us / by Elaine McArthur -- Making matriarchs at Coqualeetza : Sto´:lo¯ women's politics and histories across generations / by Madeline Rose Knickerbocker -- Sa´mi feminist moments : decolonization and Indigenous feminism / by Astri Dankertsen -- "It just piles on, and piles on, and piles on" : young Indigenous women and the colonial imagination / by Tasha Hubbard with Joi T. Arcand, Zoey Roy, Darian Lonechild, and Marie Sanderson -- "Making an honest effort" : Indian homemakers' clubs and complex settler engagements / by Sarah Nickel -- Queer and two-spirit identities, and sexuality. Reclaiming traditional gender roles : a two-spirit critique / by Kai Pyle -- Reading Chrystos for feminisms that honour two-spirit erotics / by Aubrey Jean Hanson -- Naawenangweyaabeg Coming in : intersections of Indigenous sexuality and spirituality / by Chantal Fiola -- Morning star, and moon share the sky : (re)membering two-spirit identity through culture-centred HIV prevention curriculum for Indigenous youth / by Ramona Beltra´n, Antonia R.G. Alvarez, and Miriam M. Puga -- Multi-generational feminisms and kinship. Honouring our great-grandmothers : an ode to Caroline LaFramboise, twentieth-century Me´tis matriach / by Zoe Todd -- on anishinaabe parental kinship with black girl life : twenty-first century ([de]colonial) turtle island / by waaseyaa'sin christine sy with aja sy -- Toward an Indigenous relational aesthetics : making Native love, still / by Lindsay Nixon -- Conversations on Indigenous feminism / by Omeasoo Wa¯hpa¯siw and Louise Halfe -- These are my daughters / by Anina Major.

ISBN: 9780887558511

Accession Number: P2023.09

Call Number: 07.2 N53i

Collection: Archives Library

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