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Author Agger, Helen, 1946- author.

Title Dadibaajim : returning home through narrative / Helen Olsen Agger
Published Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages)
Series Critical studies in native history ; 22
Critical studies in native history ; 22.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Bezig / One: Ninamegosibii Anishinaabewimin / We Are the People of Trout Water -- Niinzhin / Two: Wenji Gikendamang / How We Know -- Nisin / Three: Wenji Inendamang / Subjectivity -- Niiwin / Four: Ezhibii'igaazoyang / How We Are Written -- Naanan / Five: Wenji-Anishinaabewiyang / Our Anishinaabe Selves -- Ingodôso / Six: Ni Noopimakamig-aajimomin / Our Boreal Narratives -- Niinzhôso / Seven: Wemitigoozhiiwaadiziwin / Colonial Identity -- Nishôso / Eight: Gaa Bii-izhi Gikendamang / Anishinaabe Rectitude -- Zhaangaso / Nine: Gaa'izhibii'igaazoyang Mewinzha / Historical Texts -- Zagakibii'igem / Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Glossary of Namegosibii Anishinaabemowin Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Dadibaajim narratives are of and from the land, born from experience and observation. Invoking this critical Anishinaabe methodology for teaching and learning, Helen Agger documents and reclaims the history, identity, and inherent entitlement of the Namegosibii Anishinaabeg to the care, use, and occupation of their Trout Lake homelands. When Agger's mother, Dedibaayaanimanook, was born in 1922, the community had limited contact with Euro-Canadian settlers and still lived throughout their territory according to seasonal migrations along agricultural, hunting, and fishing routes. By the 1940s, colonialism was in full swing: hydro development had resulted in major flooding of traditional territories, settlers had overrun Trout Lake for its resource, tourism, and recreational potential, and the Namegosibii Anishinaabe were forced out of their homelands in Treaty 3 territory, north-western Ontario. Agger mines an archive of treaty paylists, census records, and the work of influential anthropologists like A.I. Hallowell, but the dadibaajim narratives of eight community members spanning three generations form the heart of this book. Dadibaajim provide the framework that fills in the silences and omissions of the colonial record. Embedded in Anishinaabe language and epistemology, they record how the people of Namegosibiing experienced the invasion of interlocking forces of colonialism and globalized neo-liberalism into their lives and upon their homelands. Ultimately, Dadibaajim is a message about how all humans may live well on the earth."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2021)
Subject Ojibwa Indians -- Ontario -- Lac Seul Region -- History
Ojibwa Indians -- Ontario -- Lac Seul Region -- Ethnic identity
Ojibwa Indians -- Land tenure -- Ontario -- Lac Seul Region
Ojibwa Indians -- Colonization -- Ontario -- Lac Seul Region
HISTORY / Native American.
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwa Indians -- Ethnic identity
Ojibwa Indians -- Land tenure
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780887559563
0887559565
0887559581
9780887559587
Other Titles Returning home through narrative