Finding Otipemisiwak
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Finding Otipemisiwak
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Author : Andrea Currie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-10-08
Finding Otipemisiwak written by Andrea Currie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she is Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Métis, meaning "the people who own themselves." Andrea Currie was born into a Métis family with a strong lineage of warriors, land protectors, writers, artists, and musicians--all of which was lost to her when she was adopted as an infant into a white family with no connection to her people. It was 1960, and the Sixties Scoop was in full swing. Together with her younger adopted brother, also Métis, she struggled through her childhood, never feeling like she belonged in that world. When their adoptions fell apart during their teen years, the two siblings found themselves on different paths, yet they stayed connected. Currie takes us through her journey, from the harrowing time of bone-deep disconnection, to the years of searching and self-discovery, into the joys and sorrows of reuniting with her birth family. Finding Otipemisiwak weaves lyrical prose, poetry, and essays into an incisive commentary on the vulnerability of Indigenous children in a white supremacist child welfare system, the devastation of cultural loss, and the rocky road some people must walk to get to the truth of who they are. Her triumph over the state's attempts to erase her as an Indigenous person is tempered by the often painful complexities of re-entering her cultural community while bearing the mark of the white world in which she was raised. Finding Otipemisiwak is the story of one woman's fight--first to survive, then to thrive as a fully present member of her Nation and of the human family.
The Face In The Mirror
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Author : Marion Crook
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2000
The Face In The Mirror written by Marion Crook and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Family & Relationships categories.
Based on numerous interviews with adopted teens, adoptive parents, and birth parents, this book brings attention to the growing and often controversial phenomenon of teenagers wanting to know where they came from.
Buffalo Is The New Buffalo
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Author : Chelsea Vowel
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2022-06-07
Buffalo Is The New Buffalo written by Chelsea Vowel and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Fiction categories.
“Education is the new buffalo” is a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to signify the importance of education to their survival and ability to support themselves, as once Plains nations supported themselves as buffalo peoples. The assumption is that many of the pre-Contact ways of living are forever gone, so adaptation is necessary. But Chelsea Vowel asks, “Instead of accepting that the buffalo, and our ancestral ways, will never come back, what if we simply ensure that they do?” Inspired by classic and contemporary speculative fiction, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo explores science fiction tropes through a Métis lens: a Two-Spirit rougarou (shapeshifter) in the nineteenth century tries to solve a murder in her community and joins the nêhiyaw-pwat (Iron Confederacy) in order to successfully stop Canadian colonial expansion into the West. A Métis man is gored by a radioactive bison, gaining super strength, but losing the ability to be remembered by anyone not related to him by blood. Nanites babble to babies in Cree, virtual reality teaches transformation, foxes take human form and wreak havoc on hearts, buffalo roam free, and beings grapple with the thorny problem of healing from colonialism. Indigenous futurisms seek to discover the impact of colonization, remove its psychological baggage, and recover ancestral traditions. These eight short stories of “Métis futurism” explore Indigenous existence and resistance through the specific lens of being Métis. Expansive and eye-opening, Buffalo Is the New Buffalo rewrites our shared history in provocative and exciting ways.
Thicker Than Blood
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Author : Marion Crook
language : en
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Release Date : 2016-07-11
Thicker Than Blood written by Marion Crook and has been published by Arsenal Pulp Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-11 with Family & Relationships categories.
The act of adopting children, and the processes and politics around it, have changed drastically in recent decades, mostly for the better. Still, many prospective adoptive parents remain bewildered or apprehensive, and those who have adopted find themselves struggling in ways they hadn't anticipated. Thicker Than Blood is a comprehensive yet down-to-earth look at adoptive parenting in the twenty-first century. Author Marion Crook's family includes two adopted sons; in her experience, adoptive parents need to acquire skills, knowledge, and a good sense of humor in order to deal with the emotional upheavals of raising adopted children. The book looks at all facets of adoption, including its dark history over the past one hundred years when it was seen as a lower-class option for desperate parents, or when children were taken from single mothers against their will. Today, adoption is much more open-minded?LGBT adoptive parents and adoptive single parents are now commonplace?yet challenges linger, from adoptive children suffering from PTSD to those dealing with issues of anger and abandonment. Crook gently takes adoptive parents through the process of adoption from childhood to adulthood, helping to demystify the experience with compassion and reassurance. Meticulously researched but refreshingly free of academic jargon, Thicker Than Blood will enlighten and empower adoptive parents and those who work with adopted children alike. Marion Crook is the author of twenty-one previous books which include novels and nonfiction for both adults and young people, on such subjects as women's health, teen suicide, and body image.
Love After The End
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Author : Joshua Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2020-10-27
Love After The End written by Joshua Whitehead and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-27 with Fiction categories.
Lambda Literary Award winner This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism’s histories. Here, readers will discover bio-engineered AI rats, transplanted trees in space, the rise of a 2SQ resistance camp, a primer on how to survive Indigiqueerly, virtual reality applications, motherships at sea, and the very bending of space-time continuums queered through NDN time. Love after the End demonstrates the imaginatively queer Two-Spirit futurisms we have all been dreaming of since 1492. Contributors include Darcie Little Badger, Mari Kurisato, Kai Minosh Pyle, David Alexander Robertson, and jaye simpson. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Candyass
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Author : Nick Comilla
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Candyass written by Nick Comilla and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Gay men categories.
A novel about a young gay man who seeks meaning and authenticity amid the superficial fakery around him.
God In Pink
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Author : Hasan Namir
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2016-01-04
God In Pink written by Hasan Namir and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-04 with Fiction categories.
Lambda Literary Award winner, Best Gay Fiction A revelatory novel about being queer and Muslim, set in war-torn Iraq in 2003. Ramy is a young gay Iraqi struggling to find a balance between his sexuality, religion, and culture. Ammar is a sheikh whose guidance Ramy seeks, and whose tolerance is tested by his belief in the teachings of the Qur'an. Full of quiet moments of beauty and raw depictions of violence, God in Pink poignantly captures the anguish and the fortitude of Islamic life in Iraq. Hasan Namir was born in Iraq in 1987. God in Pink is his first novel. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Piecing The Quilt
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Author : Barbara Pezalla Powell
language : en
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Release Date : 1996
Piecing The Quilt written by Barbara Pezalla Powell and has been published by University of Regina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Women categories.
This publication is a directory to sources of women's history in Saskatchewan which are available through the Saskatchewan Archives Board collections. Entries include collection name, collection location, finding aid number, list of files with dates and extents of women's material if available (or a description of relevant items), and an entry number to aid in cross-referencing. The sources include both written and oral history material (such as audio tapes). Includes personal name index.
New York
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Author : Brad Dunn
language : en
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Release Date : 2004
New York written by Brad Dunn and has been published by arsenal pulp press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Travel categories.
In this treasury of Gotham's secrets--some dark, some light, and some just plain weird--there are tales of underground sex clubs, a secret tunnel in Grand Central Station, an electrocuted elephant at Coney Island, and little-known bars, cafes, hangouts, and other places to frolic.
State Apologies To Indigenous Peoples
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Author : Francesca Dominello
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-16
State Apologies To Indigenous Peoples written by Francesca Dominello and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-16 with History categories.
This book considers the ethics and politics of state apologies made to Indigenous peoples. The prevalent tendency to treat an apology as a speech act has maintained the focus on the state leader making the apology and not on the victims’ claims. This book demonstrates the inherent shortcomings of this approach through an examination of apologies delivered to Indigenous peoples in Australia and Canada. Contrasting the texts of these apologies with Indigenous peoples' responses, the book develops an understanding of apology as a relational process. This involves engaging indigenous peoples in dialogue, the aim of which would be to address past injuries by fulfilling the apology's transformative promise of 'never again' to indigenous peoples' satisfaction. The book concludes by examining more recent developments in Australia and Canada that highlight the contunuing need for government accountability to fulfil this promise and ensure indigenous people's rights and interests are upheld. This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students in the fields of law and politics , Indigenous studies; forgiveness studies; transitional justice and reconciliation; settler colonialism and decolonisation.