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Jesintel: Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders

Jesintel: Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders

Hillaire, Darrell
Frey, Natasha
Sun Productions, Children Of Setting

Paperback

Biographies GeneralNative American HistoryRegional: Pacific Northwest

Publisher Price: $34.95

ISBN10: 0295748648
ISBN13: 9780295748641
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: Apr 11 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 9.10 Depth: 10.20
Language: English

A gathering of stories for all generations, past, present, and future

Dynamic and diverse, Coast Salish culture is bound together by shared values and relations that generate a resilient worldview. Jesintel--to learn and grow together--characterizes the spirit of this book, which brings the cultural teachings of nineteen elders to new generations.

Featuring interviews that share powerful experiences and stories, Jesintel illuminates the importance of ethical reciprocal relationships and the interconnectedness of places, land, water, and the spirit within all things. Elders offer their perspectives on language revitalization, Coast Salish family values and naming practices, salmon, sovereignty, canoe racing, and storytelling. They also share traumatic memories, including of their boarding school experiences and the epidemics that ravished their communities. Jesintel highlights the importance of maintaining relations and traditions in the face of ongoing struggles. Collaboration is at the heart of this work and informs how the editors and community came together to honor the boundless relations of Coast Salish people and their territories.

Elders Interviewed:

Tom Sampson (Tsartlip First Nation)

Virginia Cross (Muckleshoot Tribe)

Ernestine Gensaw (Lummi Nation)

Steve and Gwen Point (Stó lō Nation)

Gene and Wendy Harry (Malahat Nation)

Claude Wilbur (Swinomish Tribe)

Richard Solomon (Lummi Nation)

Elaine Grinell (Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe)

Arvid Charlie (Cowichan Nation)

Amy George (Tsleil-Waututh Nation)

Nancy Shippentower (Nisqually Tribe)

Nolan Charles (Musqueam Indian Band)

Andy de los Angeles (Snoqualmie Tribe)

Jewell James (Lummi Nation)

Kenny Moses Sr. Family (Tulalip Tribal Nation)

Ramona Morris (Lummi Nation)

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