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Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws

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Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws

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Secwepemc People, Land, and Laws is a journey through the 10,000-year history of the Interior Plateau nation in British Columbia. Told through the lens of past and present Indigenous storytellers, this volume detail how a homeland has shaped Secwepemc existence while the Secwepemc have in turn shaped their homeland. Marianne Ignace and Ronald Ignace, with contributions from ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, archaeologist Mike Rousseau, and geographer Ken Favrholdt, compellingly weave together Secwepemc narratives about ancestors' deeds. They demonstrate how these stories are the manifestation of Indigenous laws (stsq'ey') for social and moral conduct among humans and all sentient beings on the land, and for social and political relations within the nation and with outsiders. Breathing new life into stories about past transformations, the authors place these narratives in dialogue with written historical sources and knowledge from archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, earth science, and ethnobiology. In addition to a wealth of detail about Secwepemc land stewardship, the social and political order, and spiritual concepts and relations embedded in the Indigenous language, the book shows how between the mid-1800s and 1920s the Secwepemc people resisted devastating oppression and the theft of their land, and fought to retain political autonomy while tenaciously maintaining a connection with their homeland, ancestors, and laws. An exemplary work in collaboration, Secwepemc People, Land, and Laws points to the ways in which Indigenous laws and traditions can guide present and future social and political process among the Secwepemc and with settler society.

Author Biography:

Marianne Ignace is professor of linguistics and First Nations studies at Simon Fraser University. Chief Ronald E. Ignace is a Secwe pemc historian, storyteller, and politician, and adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University.
Release date Australia
October 31st, 2017
Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations
110 images, 7 maps, 15 tables, colour section
Pages
624
ISBN-13
9780773551305
Product ID
26775812

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