Me tomorrow : Indigenous views on the future

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Me tomorrow : Indigenous views on the future / compiled and edited by Drew Hayden Taylor.

Taylor, Drew Hayden, 1962- (editor.).

Summary:

"First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to envision Indigenous futures in Canada and around the world. Discussing everything from language renewal to sci-fi, this collection is a powerful and important expression of imagination rooted in social critique, cultural experience, traditional knowledge, activism and the multifaceted experiences of Indigenous people on Turtle Island. In Me Tomorrow... Darrel J. McLeod, Cree author from Treaty-8 territory in Northern Alberta, blends the four elements of the Indigenous cosmovision with the four directions of the medicine wheel to create a prayer for the power, strength and resilience of Indigenous peoples. Autumn Peltier, Anishinaabe water-rights activist, tells the origin story of her present and future career in advocacy--and how the nine months she spent in her mother's womb formed her first water teaching. When the water breaks, like snow melting in the spring, new life comes. Lee Maracle, acclaimed Stó:lō Nation author and educator, reflects on cultural revival--imagining a future a century from now in which Indigenous people are more united than ever before. Other essayists include Cyndy and Makwa Baskin, Norma Dunning, Shalan Joudry, Shelley Knott-Fife, Tracie Léost, Stephanie Peltier, Romeo Saganash, Drew Hayden Taylor and Raymond Yakeleya. For readers who want to imagine the future, and to cultivate a better one, Me Tomorrow is a journey through the visions generously offered by a diverse group of Indigenous thinkers."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781771622943
ISBN: 1771622946
Physical Description: 211 pages ; 22 cm.
Publisher: Madeira Park, BC, Canada : Douglas & McIntyre, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:: Sequel to: Me Artsy.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Me tomorrow - paint it red / Darrel J. McLeod -- Our future is young, educated and relational / Minadoo Makwa Baskin and Dr. Cyndy Baskin -- Future We in-u-wee / Dr. Norma Dunning -- No reconciliation in the absence of truth and justice / Romeo Saganash -- In the blink of an eye / Autumn Peltier -- A'tukwewinu'k (storytellers) / shalan joudry -- Seventh generational thinking - fact or fiction? / Clarence Louie -- Our education tomorrow / Shelley Knott Fife -- Don't give up! / Raymond Yakeleya -- Strangers in a not so strange land / Drew Hayden Taylor -- Me tomorrow : the journey begins... / Tae:howęhs, aka Amos Key Jr. -- Waanishkow (rising) / Tracie Léost -- We appear to have fallen on dark times / Lee Maracle.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Issued also in electronic format.