Otter’s Journey through Indigenous Language and Law
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Otter’s Journey through Indigenous Language and Law
Storytelling has the capacity to address feelings and demonstrate themes – to illuminate beyond argument and theoretical exposition. In Otter’s Journey, Borrows makes use of the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling to explore how the work in Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization. She follows Otter, a dodem (clan) relation from the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, on a journey across Anishinaabe, Inuit, Maori, Coast Salish, and Abenaki territories, through a narrative of Indigenous resurgence. In doing so, she reveals that the processes, philosophies, and practices flowing from Indigenous languages and laws can emerge from under the layers of colonial laws, policies, and languages to become guiding principles in people’s contemporary lives.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1 Place Where the Land Narrows / Neyaashiinigmiing
2 Our Land / Nunavut
3 Land of the Long White Cloud / Aotearoa
4 Place of Learning / Gabe-gikendaasoowigamig
5 The Salish Sea / Mayagi-Anishinaabe Kichi-Gaming
6 Sky-Tinted Waters / Minnesota
7 Return Home / Giiwe
Epilogue
Glossary; Notes; Index
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