Buffalo shout, salmon cry : conversations on creation, land justice, and life together

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"How can North Americans come to terms with the lamentable clash between indigenous and settler cultures, faiths, and attitudes toward creation? Showcasing a variety of voices-both traditional and Christian, native and non-native-Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry offers up alternative histories, radical theologies, and poetic, life-giving memories that can unsettle our souls and work toward reconciliation. This book is intended for all who are interested...

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Christianity and culture

Christianity and other religions

Indigenous cosmology

Indigenous peoples North America Colonization

Indigenous peoples North America Religion

Indigenous peoples North America Social conditions

Liberation theology

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ISBN:

9780836196894
0836196899

Description:

360 pages : illustrated, 1 portrait ; 22 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction: An Indigenous Intrusion Troubles the House: A Call to Decolonization / Steve Heinrichs.
Part 1: Naming the Colonial Context. Creation, Original Peoples, and the Colonization of a Hemisphere / Anthony J. Hall, Opening and response by Stan McKay (Cree) ; Liberated Peoples, Liberated Lands / Leanne Simpson (Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg), Opening and response by Rebecca Seiling ; Where Creation Was Begun: NASCA and Indigenous Regeneration / Frances Kaye, Opening and response by Cheryl Bear (Nadleh Whut'en) ; Small Steps toward Reconciliation: How Do We Get There from Here? / Neil Funk-Unrau, Opening and response by Terry Leblanc (Mi'kmaq).
Part 2: Unsettling Theology. Early Dialogue in the Community of Creation / Randy Woodley (Keetoowah), Opening and response by Rose Marie Berger ; From Garden to Tower: Genesis 1-11 as a Critique of Civilization and an Invitation to Indigenous Re-Visioning / Ched Myers, Opening and response by Vonåhe'e (Northern Cheyenne) ; White Christian Settlers, the Bible, and (De)Colonization / Dave Diewert, Opening and response by Lee Maracle (Stó:lō) ; Theological Composting in Romans 8: An Indigenous Meditation on Paul's Rhetoric of Decay / Laura E. Donaldson (Cherokee), Opening and response by Kathy Moorhead Thiessen and Vic Thiessen ; The Earth Is a Song Made Visible: A Cheyenne Christian Perspective / Chief Lawrence Hart (Southern Cheyenne), Opening and response by Marcus Rempel.
Part 3: Voices of Challenge and Protest. Why I Do Not Believe in a Creator / Tink Tinker (Wazhazhe/Osage Nation), Opening and response by Jim Perkinson ; Inside or Outside Eden? The Gods Who Give Us Language and Story Our Place / Tomson Highway (Cree), Opening and response by Di Brandt ; Chief Seattle Syndrome: What to Do about Indigenous Bulldozer Operators / Will Braun, Opening and response by Adrian Jacobs (Cayuga) ; A Serpent in the Garden: An Unholy Worldview on Sacred Land / Waziyatawin (Dakota), Opening and response by Brian McLaren ; Coyote and Raven Visit the Underworld: Religion, Myth, and Story / Peter Cole (Stl'atl'imx), Opening and response by Iris de León-Hartshorn (Mestizo).
Part 4: Where To from Here?. Reflections of a Christian Settler in the Haldimand Tract / W. Derek Suderman, Opening and response by Gord Hill (Kwakwaka'wakw) ; Broken Covenants and Restoration: A Personal Journey / Steve Berry, Opening and response by Anita Keith (Mohawk) ; Just Creation: Enhancing Life in a World of Relatives / Daniel R. Wildcat (Muscogee), Opening and response by Derrick Jensen ; Dangerous "Goods": Seven Reasons Creation Care Movements Must Advocate Reparations / Jennifer Harvey, Opening and response by Robert Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota Oyate)

Control Number:

999701

Other Authors:

Heinrichs, Steve (Director of Indigenous-Settler Relations)

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