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Di-Bayn-Di-Zi-Win (to Own Ourselves): Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways

Di-Bayn-Di-Zi-Win (to Own Ourselves): Embodying Ojibway-Anishinabe Ways

Fontaine, Jerry
McCaskill, Don

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Native American HistoryIndigenous Studies

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ISBN10: 1459748999
ISBN13: 9781459748996
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: Mar 22 2022
Pages: 328
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
A collaboration exploring the importance of the Ojibway-Anishinabe worldview, use of ceremony, and language in living a good life, attaining true reconciliation, and resisting the notions of indigenization and colonialization inherent in Western institutions.

Indigenization within the academy and the idea of truth and reconciliation within Canada have been seen as the remedy to correct the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canadian society. While honourable, these actions are difficult to achieve given the Western nature of institutions in Canada and the collective memory of its citizens, and the burden of proof has always been the responsibility of Anishinabeg.

Authors Makwa Ogimaa (Jerry Fontaine) and Ka-pi-ta-aht (Don McCaskill) tell their di-bah-ji-mo-wi-nan (Stories of personal experience) to provide insight into the cultural, political, social, and academic events of the past fifty years of Ojibway-Anishinabe resistance in Canada. They suggest that Ojibway-Anishinabe i-zhi-chi-gay-win zhigo kayn-dah-so-win (Ways of doing and knowing) can provide an alternative way of living and thriving in the world. This distinctive worldview -- as well as Ojibway-Anishinabe values, language, and ceremonial practices -- can provide an alternative to Western political and academic institutions and peel away the layers of colonialism, violence, and injustice, speaking truth and leading to true reconciliation.

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