Research Catalog
Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws = Yerí7 re Sts̓qe̓ys-kucw
- Title
- Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws = Yerí7 re Sts̓qe̓ys-kucw / Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace ; with contributions by Mike K. Rousseau, Nancy J. Turner, Kenneth Favrholdt, and many Secwépemc storytellers, past and present ; foreword by Bonnie Leonard.
- Author
- Ignace, Marianne
- Publication
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-27 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxxv, 588 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Secwépemc 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 details how a homeland has shaped Secwépemc existence while the Secwépemc have in turn shaped their homeland. Marianne and Ronald Ignace, with contributions from ethnobotanist Nancy Turner, archaeologist Mike Rousseau, and geographer Ken Favrholdt, compellingly weave together Secwépemc narratives about ancestors' deeds, and demonstrate how these stories are the manifestation of Indigenous laws (stsqʼeyʼ) 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 Secwépemc 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 Secwépemc people resisted devastating oppression, the theft of their land, and fought to maintain political autonomy while tenaciously continuing to maintain a connection with their homeland, ancestors, and laws. An exemplary work in collaboration, Secwépemc 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 Secwépemc and with settler society."--
- Series Statement
- McGill-Queen's Native and northern series ; 90
- Uniform Title
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 90.
- Alternative Title
- Yerí7 re Sts̓qe̓ys-kucw
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and̕ index.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Language (note)
- Text in English; includes some short bilingual sections where Secwépemc language is presented first and followed by an English translation.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-27
- ISBN
- 9780773551305
- 0773551301
- OCLC
- 989789795
- Author
- Ignace, Marianne, author.
- Title
- Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws = Yerí7 re Sts̓qe̓ys-kucw / Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace ; with contributions by Mike K. Rousseau, Nancy J. Turner, Kenneth Favrholdt, and many Secwépemc storytellers, past and present ; foreword by Bonnie Leonard.
- Publisher
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- McGill-Queen's Native and northern series ; 90McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 90.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and̕ index.
- Additional Formats
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Language
- Text in English; includes some short bilingual sections where Secwépemc language is presented first and followed by an English translation.
- Added Author
- Rousseau, Mike K., contributor.Turner, Nancy J., contributor.Favrholdt, Kenneth, contributor.Leonard, Bonnie., writer of foreword.Ignace, Ronald Eric, 1946- author.
- Other Form:
- Ignace, Marianne. Secwépemc people, land, and laws. McGill-Queen's Native and northern series McGill-Queen's Native and northern series ; (CaOONL)20179036718
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-27