| Description |
xxx, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
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Includes Reader's Guide (pages 257-265). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
GATHERING : Preparing -- The Talking Circle: Miigam'agan -- Wayne -- Gwen -- Dana -- Alma -- Barb -- gkisedtanamoogk -- Shirley H. -- Debbie -- Shirley B. -- Wesley -- Marilyn -- Betty -- JoAnn -- The Last Gathering: The Decision -- Hindsight -- PHOTOS: THE GATHERINGS, MAY 1987 TO MAY 1993 -- PHOTOS: CREATING THIS BOOK -- THE GIVEAWAY BLANKET : The Circle and Ceremony: The Circle and Decision Making -- Ceremony: Protect or Share It? -- Allies, Friends, Family: Beginnings -- The Women Compare Notes -- The Relationship Evolves -- Mutuality -- How We Got Here: The Doctrine of Discovery -- But What about the Treaties? -- The Personal Is Political -- Economic Self-Determination -- Beginning to Make Amends -- Some Progress ... and a Long Way to Go -- How It Could Be Different: Being Here Legitimately -- Acknowledging First Peoples/Honoring the Treaties -- An Indigenous Worldview -- The Need for Gathering Spaces -- Creating a Gathering Space -- Working Together on a Cause -- Humility versus "White Guilt" -- Non-Natives Working with Our Own People -- Entering the Longhouse -- Being in the Relationship: An Afterword / by Dr. Frances Hancock. |
| Summary |
"Thirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory - a region encompassing the state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes - a group of Native and non-Native individuals came together to explore some of the most pressing questions at the heart of Truth and Healing efforts in the United States and Canada. What price do we pay for the tragic, unresolved, and fraught relationship between generations of settlers and Indigenous peoples of the land? Can the divide be bridged and, if so, how? Meeting over several years in long-weekend gatherings, in a Wabanaki-led traditional Council format, assumptions were challenged, perspectives upended, and stereotypes shattered. Alliances and friendships were formed that endure to this day. The Gatherings tells the moving story of these meetings in the words of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants. Reuniting to reflect on how their lives were changed by their experiences and how they continue to be impacted by them, the participants share the valuable lessons they learned. Themes emerge, such as the mutual benefits that can be achieved by coming together; what meeting in a Talking Circle, surrounded by ceremony, taught the participants; and what Indigenous ways of knowing can teach us all. The participants were given a rare window into one another's lives and, in The Gatherings, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers may come to view one another with new eyes. The many voices represented in The Gatherings offer insights and strategies that can inform change at the individual, group, and systems levels. These voices affirm that authentic relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples - with their attendant anxieties, guilt, anger, embarrassments, and, with time, even laughter and mutual affection -- are key to our shared futures here in North America. Now, more than ever, it is critical that we come together to reimagine Indigenous-settler relations."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Form |
Issued also in electronic formats. |
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Indigenous peoples -- Maritime Provinces -- Social conditions.
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Indigenous peoples -- Maine -- Social conditions.
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Intercultural communication -- Maritime Provinces.
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Intercultural communication -- Maine.
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Maritime Provinces -- Race relations.
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Maritime Provinces -- Ethnic relations.
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Maine -- Race relations.
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Maine -- Ethnic relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity.
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Ethnic relations. (OCoLC)fst00916005
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Indigenous peoples -- Social conditions.
(OCoLC)fst00970256
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Intercultural communication. (OCoLC)fst00976084
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Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
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Maine. (OCoLC)fst01204270
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Maritime Provinces. (OCoLC)fst01243014
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| Added Title |
Reimagining Indigenous-settler relations |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Hager, Shirley N., 1952- Gatherings. Toronto ; Buffalo : Aevo UTP, [2021] 9781487539399 (OCoLC)1202407809 |
| ISBN |
9781487508951 (hardcover) |
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1487508956 (hardcover) |
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9781487545888 (paperback) |
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1487545886 (paperback) |
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