Rekindling the Sacred Fire : Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality

Why don't more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using a methodology rooted in an Indigenous world view, Fiola interviews eighteen people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, sharing stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Eurocanadian cultures and spiritualities. The Haudenosaunee, More Commonly Known As The Iroquois Or Six Nations, Have Been One Of The Most Widely Written About Indigenous Groups In The United States And Canada. But Seldom Have The Voices Emerging From This Community Been Drawn On In Order To Understand Its Enduring Intellectual Traditions. Rick Monture's We Share Our Matters Offers The First Comprehensive Portrait Of How The Haudenosaunee Of The Grand River Region Have Expressed Their Long Struggle For Sovereignty In Canada. Through Careful Readings Of More Than Two Centuries Of Letters, Speeches, Ethnography, Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, And Film, Monture Argues Haudenosaunee Core Beliefs Have Remained Remarkably Consistent And Continue To Inspire Ways To Address Current Social And Political Realities. -- Provided By Publisher. Introduction -- Soverigns Of The Soil: Joseph Brant And The Grand River Settlement -- The Challenege To Haudenosaunee Nationhood: Performing Politics, Translating Culture -- An Enemy's Foot Is On Our Country: Conflict, Diplomacy, And Land Rights -- Displacement, Identity, And Resistance: Grand River In The Era Of Red Power -- Linking Arms Together: Six Nations Of The Grand River From Oka To The Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion. Rick Monture. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 233-242) And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format. Text In English. Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Note on Terminology -- Chapter 1 Seven Fires Prophecy and the Métis: An Introduction -- Chapter 2 Spirituality and Identity -- Chapter 3 Understanding the Colonial Context of Métis Spirituality and Identity -- Chapter 4 A Métis Anishinaabe Study -- Chapter 5 Residence, Education, Employment, Ancestry, and Status -- Chapter 6 Family History -- Chapter 7 Self-identification and Personal Experiences -- Chapter 8 Relationship with Anishinaabe Spirituality -- Chapter 9 Conclusion: Lighting the Eight Fire -- Gichi Miigwetch (Acknowledgements) -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Fiola's interviews of people with Métis ancestry, or an historic familial connection to the Red River Métis, who participate in Anishinaabe ceremonies, shares stories about family history, self-identification, and their relationships with Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian cultures and spiritualities. This study seeks to understand the historical suppression of Anishinaabe spirituality among the Métis and its more recent reconnection that breaks down the colonial divisions between their cultures.--Provided by publisher Why don't more Metis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Metis identity? In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Metis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Metis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Italian anarchism emerged in the latter half of the nineteenth century, during that country's long and bloody unification. Often facing economic hardship and political persecution, many of Italy's anarchists migrated to North America. Transnational Radicals examines the transnational anarchist movement that existed in Canada and the United States