The concept and idea of survivance has revolutionized our
understanding of the lives, creative impulses, literary practices,
and histories of the Native peoples of North America. Engendered
and articulated by the Anishinaabe critic and writer Gerald
Vizenor, survivance throws into relief the dynamic, inventive, and
enduring heart of Native cultures well beyond the colonialist
trappings of absence, tragedy, and powerlessness. Vizenor argues
that many people in the world are enamored with and obsessed by the
concocted images of the Indian--the simulations of indigenous
character and cultures as essential victims. Native survivance, on
the other hand, is an active sense of presence over historical
absence, deracination, and oblivion. The nature of survivance is
unmistakable in Native stories, natural reason, active traditions,
customs, and narrative resistance and is clearly observable in
personal attributes such as humor, spirit, cast of mind, and moral
courage in literature. In this anthology, eighteen scholars discuss
the themes and practices of survivance in literature, examining the
legacy of Vizenor's original insights and exploring the
manifestations of survivance in a variety of contexts. Contributors
interpret and compare the original writings of William Apess, Eric
Gansworth, Louis Owens, Carter Revard, Gerald Vizenor, and Velma
Wallis, among others.
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