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Becoming kin an indigenous call to unforgetting the past and reimagining our future

"Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the...

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Main Author: Krawec, Patty (Author)
Other Authors: Estes, Nick (writer of foreword.)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2022]
Subjects:
Krawec, Patty.
Indigenous women > Biography.
Indians of North America > Colonization.
Indigenous peoples > Kinship.
Autobiographies.
Summary: "Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to 'unforget' our history"--Book jacket flap.
Physical Description: xiv, 203 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9781506478258
1506478255
Author Notes: Patty Krawec is an Anishinaabe and Ukrainian writer from Lac Seul First Nation. She is the cohost of the Medicine for the Resistance podcast and cofounder of the Nii'kinaaganaa Foundation, which collects funds and disperses them to Indigenous people and organizations. Her work has been published in Sojourners and Canadian Living. She is active with the Fort Erie Native Friendship Center and the Strong Water Singers. Krawec is a member of Chippawa Presbyterian Church and lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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