Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literatures

This is a collection of classic and newly commissioned essays about the study of Indigenous literatures in North America. The contributing scholars include some of the most venerable Indigenous theorists, among them Gerald Vizenor (Anishinaabe), Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan), Craig Womack (Creek), Kimberley Blaeser (Anishinaabe), Emma LaRocque (Métis), Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee), Janice Acoose (Saulteaux), and Jo-Ann Episkenew (Métis). Also included are settler scholars foundational to the field, including Helen Hoy, Margery Fee, and Renate Eigenbrod. Among the newer voices are both settler and Indigenous theorists such as Sam McKegney, Keavy Martin, and Niigaanwewidam Sinclair. The volume is organized into five subject areas: Position, the necessity of considering where you come from and who you are; Imagining Beyond Images and Myths, a history and critique of circulating images of Indigenousness; Debating Indigenous Literary Approaches; Contemporary Concerns, a consideration of relevant issues; and finally Classroom Considerations, pedagogical concerns particular to the field. Each section is introduced by an essay that orients the reader and provides ideological context. While anthologies of literary criticism have focused on specific issues related to this burgeoning field, this volume is the first to offer comprehensive perspectives on the subject.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents for Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literatures, edited by Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra Acknowledgements Introduction | Deanna Reder and Linda Morra I ⢠Position 1 Introduction | Deanna Reder 2 Iskwewak Kahâ Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak: Re-membering Being to Signifying Female Relations | Janice Acoose 3 âIntroductionâ from How Should I Read These? Native Women Writers in Canada | Helen Hoy 4 Teaching Aboriginal Literature: The Discourse of Margins and Mainstreams | Emma LaRocque 5 âPrefaceâ from Travelling Knowledges: Positioning the Im/Migrant Reader of Aboriginal Literatures in Canada | Renate Eigenbrod 6 Strategies for Ethical Engagement: An Open Letter Concerning Non-Native Scholars of Native Literatures | Sam McKegney 7 A Response to Sam McKegneyâs âStrategies for Ethical Engagement: An Open Letter Concerning Non-Native Scholars of Native Literaturesâ | Robert Appleford 8 Situating Self, Culture, and Purpose in Indigenous Inquiry | Margaret Kovach 9 Final Section Response: âThe lake is the people and life that come to itâ: Location as Critical Practice | Allison Hargreaves II ⢠Imagining Beyond Images and Myths 10 Introduction | Linda M. Morra 11. A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction | E. Pauline Johnson 12 Indian Love Call | Drew Hayden Taylor 13 âIntroductionâ and âMarketing the Imaginary Indianâ from The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture | Daniel Francis 14 Postindian Warriors | Gerald Vizenor 15 Postcolonial Ghost Dancing: Diagnosing European Colonialism | James (Sà kéj) Youngblood Henderson 16 The Trickster Moment, Cultural Appropriation, and the Liberal Imagination | Margery Fee 17 Myth, Policy, and Health | Jo-Ann Episkenew 18 Final Section Response: Imagining beyond Images and Myths | Renae Watchman III ⢠Deliberating Indigenous Literary Approaches 19 Introduction | Natalie Knight 20 âEditorâs Noteâ from Looking at the Words of Our People: First Nations Analysis of Literature | Jeannette C. Armstrong 21 Native Literature: Seeking a Critical Centre | Kimberly M. Blaeser 22 Introduction. American Indian Literary Self-Determination | Craig S. Womack 23 âIntroductionâ from Towards a Native American Critical Theory | Elvira Pulitano 24 Afterword: At the Gathering Place | Lisa Brooks 25 Gdi-nweninaa: Our Sound, Our Voice | Leanne Simpson 26 Responsible and Ethical Criticisms of Indigenous Literatures | Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair 27 Final Section Response: Many Communities and the Full Humanity of Indigenous People: A Dialogue | Kristina Fagan Bidwell and Sam McKegney IV ⢠Contemporary Concerns 28 Introduction | Daniel Morley Johnson 29 Appropriating Guilt: Reconciliation in an Indigenous Canadian Context | Deena Rymhs 30 Moving beyond âStock Narrativesâ of Murdered or Missing Indigenous | Women: Reading the Poetry and Life Writing of Sarah de Vries | Amber Dean 31 âGo Away, Water!â Kinship Criticism and the Decolonization Imperative | Daniel Heath Justice 32 Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-Telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation | Jeff Corntassel, Chaw-win-is, and Tâlakwadzi 33 Erotica, Indigenous Style | Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm 34 Doubleweaving Two-Spirit Critiques: Building Alliances Between Native and Queer Studies | Qwo-Li Driskill 35 Finding Your Voice: Cultural Resurgence and Power in Political Movement Katsisorokwas Curran Jacobs 36 Final Section Response: From haa-huu-pah to the Decolonization Imperative: Responding to Contemporary Issues Through the TRC | Laura Moss V ⢠Classroom Considerations 37 Introduction | Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra 38 The Hunting and Harvesting of Inuit Literature | Keavy Martin 39 âOught We to Teach These?â: Ethical, Responsible, and Aboriginal Cultural Protocols in the Classroom | Marc André Fortin 40 Who Is the Text in This Class? Story, Archive, and Pedagogy in Indigenous Contexts | Warren Cariou 41 Teaching Indigenous Literature as Testimony: Porcupines and China Dolls and the Testimonial Imaginary | Michelle Coupal 42 âBetwixt and Betweenâ: Alternative Genres, Languages, and Indigeneity | Sarah Henzi 43 A Landless Territory?: Augmented Reality, Land, and Indigenous Storytelling in Cyberspace | David Gaertner 44 Final Section Response: Positioning Knowledges, Building Relationships, Practising Self-Reflection, Collaborating across Differences | Sophie McCall Works Cited About the Contributors Index