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To quote from the book itsself, "...Indigenous Knowledge systems hold the potential to not only critique capitalism but reveal multiple potentials to live otherwise." This book is both that critique and one such revelation. If this is the only book you read this year, please let it be this one.
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A brilliant blend of personal anecdotes, traditional teachings, and insights from the works of other thinkers/artists.
Nibi (water) and other relatives hold great wisdom for "living, organizing and making new worlds beyond the ones we've inherited from colonialism and racial capitalism."
Water represents the cyclical renewal of life, the interconnectedness and interdependency of all life forms, and our need for reciprocity and mutual caretaking.
From Nibi we can learn to be resilient, adaptive, transformative, persistent, decentralized, internationalist, and more.
What stood out to me in particular was the Anishinaabeg teaching of mino-bimaadiziwin, translated as "continuous rebirth" by Winona LaDuke and described by the author as "living life, individually, communally and globally, in a way that brings forth more life, not just human life but all life."
We have to figure out how to fit into and contribute to the natural world as it exists, in a way that keeps everything in balance and ensures continuous renewal.
Nibi (water) and other relatives hold great wisdom for "living, organizing and making new worlds beyond the ones we've inherited from colonialism and racial capitalism."
Water represents the cyclical renewal of life, the interconnectedness and interdependency of all life forms, and our need for reciprocity and mutual caretaking.
From Nibi we can learn to be resilient, adaptive, transformative, persistent, decentralized, internationalist, and more.
What stood out to me in particular was the Anishinaabeg teaching of mino-bimaadiziwin, translated as "continuous rebirth" by Winona LaDuke and described by the author as "living life, individually, communally and globally, in a way that brings forth more life, not just human life but all life."
We have to figure out how to fit into and contribute to the natural world as it exists, in a way that keeps everything in balance and ensures continuous renewal.
"Our fight is our critique." (anticolonial resistance as embodied critique of capitalism and other oppressive systems introduced by Euro invaders.)
"When the colonizers came, they were always lost because they refused to live in the network of the living."
"When you arrive, you make bonds." (sintering)
"What can I give, or give up, to promote more life?"
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Racism, Grief, Colonisation
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic
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Another brilliant book by Simpson. It's such a genuine pleasure to read her writing and get a peek into her thought processes and life.
It's a true blend of nature writing, academic insights, memoir/life experiences, underpinned by Anishinaabe worldviews and teachings that bring together the past, present, and future. I could feel her grief with the passing of her friend mentor, Elder Doug Williams that I too was grieving his loss and passing from this world to the next.
I learned a lot from this book (as with all her works, fiction and nonfiction) and I think it's a really valuable contribution to the world and how we can move forward together.
I dog-eared so many pages of brilliant quotes but I know I will take the concept of snowflake sintering into my life and community practice.
Highly recommend checking out this book, her works and her music. And if you have the chance to attend an event where she's speaking, all the better!
It's a true blend of nature writing, academic insights, memoir/life experiences, underpinned by Anishinaabe worldviews and teachings that bring together the past, present, and future. I could feel her grief with the passing of her friend mentor, Elder Doug Williams that I too was grieving his loss and passing from this world to the next.
I learned a lot from this book (as with all her works, fiction and nonfiction) and I think it's a really valuable contribution to the world and how we can move forward together.
I dog-eared so many pages of brilliant quotes but I know I will take the concept of snowflake sintering into my life and community practice.
Highly recommend checking out this book, her works and her music. And if you have the chance to attend an event where she's speaking, all the better!
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challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced