Being Indigenous

The book considers the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today and provides valuable historical and political insight into the lingering impacts that colonization has had on their languages, cultures, and identities. It gives voice to an impressive range of Indigenous authors who share their knowledge and perspectives. The volume includes the experiences of Indigenous peoples from a variety of countries, ranging from the United States and Canada to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Greenland, Norway and Russia. The chapters cover topics including knowledge base systems, cultural ways of being, colonization, identity, activism, philosophy, language and cultural survival.

Introduction 1. Examining a Political Reality of Indigenous Language and Culture 2. Life After Land Loss: Forced Relocation Policies and their Consequences for the Kola Sámi 3. Eualeyai Story Tracks 4. The Staying Force of Inuit Knowledge 5. Traditions and Traditional Knowledge in the Sámi culture 6. The Lessons of Coyote and the Medicine Tree 7. Colonization as Myth-Making; A Case Study in Aotearoa 8. Of This Red Earth 9. For a Greenlandic Independence 10. The Split-Head Resistance and Reconciliation 11. Reflections and Feelings Deriving from a Pulakaumaka within my Heart 12. Original ('Indigenous') Nations and Philosophical Activism 13. She Must be Civilized, She Paints Her Toenails 14. Current Status of Ainu Cultural Revitalization 15. Language Rejuvenation and Accelerated Second Language Acquisition 16. Literacy and Revitalizing Endangered Languages 17. A Discussion on Blackfoot Language Rejuvenation