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Borrows, Lindsay Keegitah, 1988-
Subjects
Language revival -- Canada.
Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Languages.
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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Borrows, Lindsay Keegitah, 1988-
Language revival -- Canada.
Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Languages.
Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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Otter
's
journey
through
indigenous
language
and
law
/ Lindsay Keegitah Borrows.
by
Borrows, Lindsay Keegitah, 1988-
UBC Press, 2018.
Call #:
306.44089 B737o
Subjects
Language
revival -- Canada.
Storytelling -- Social aspects -- Canada.
Indigenous
peoples -- Canada -- Languages.
Indigenous
peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
ISBN:
9780774836586 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Journey
through
indigenous
language
and
law
Description:
xix, 214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Place where the land narrows -- Our land -- Land of the long white cloud -- Place of learning -- The Salish sea -- Sky-tinted waters -- Return home.
Summary:
"
Otter
's
Journey
employs the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling to explore how
Indigenous
language
revitalization can inform the emerging field of
Indigenous
legal revitalization.
Indigenous
languages and laws need bodies to live in. Learning an endangered
language
or a suppressed legal system are similar experiences. When we bring
language
back to life, it becomes a medium for developing human relationships. Likewise, when laws are written on people'
s
hearts, rather than merely on paper, true revitalization has occurred. Storytelling has the capacity to address feelings and demonstrate themes--to go beyond argumentation and theoretical exposition. Within this paradigm,
Otter
, the clan figure of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, journeys across Anishinaabe, Inuit, Maori, Coast Salish, and Abenaki territories to learn how
Indigenous
struggles toward self-determination compare. While
Otter
's
Journey
is guided by a literal truth, it also splices and recombines real-world events and characters.
Through
her engaging protagonist, Lindsay Keegitah Borrows reveals that the processes, philosophies, and standards of decision making held within
Indigenous
languages and laws can emerge from the layers of contemporary settler nation-state laws, policies, and
language
to guide us in the twenty-first century. We need the best of all people'
s
teachings to lead us into the future."--From publisher.
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