Being Indigenous - Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language and Identity

List of contents

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

About the author

Neyooxet Greymorning is a Professor in the Departments of Native American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Montana, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Neyooxet Greymorning
• Assisted by: Neyooxet Greymorning (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.11.2018
• EAN: 9781138314917
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31491-7
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Indigenous Peoples, Social and cultural anthropology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Indigenous, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity