In this book, Philip Arnold utilizes a collaborative method,
derived from the "Two-Row Wampum" (1613) and his 40 year
relationship with the Haudenosaunee, in exploring the urgent need
to understand Indigenous values, support Indigenous Peoples, and to
offer a way toward humanity’s survival in the face of ecological
and environmental catastrophe. Indigenous values connect human
beings with the living natural world through ceremonial exchange
practices with non-human beings who co-inhabit the homelands.
Arnold outlines Indigenous traditions of habitation and ceremonial
gift economies and contrasts those with settler-colonial values of
commodification where the land and all aspects of material life
belongs to human beings and are reduced to monetary use-value.
Through an examination of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery, a
series of fifteenth-century documents that used religious decrees
to justify the subjugation and annihilation of Indigenous Peoples,
Arnold shows how issues such as environmental devastation, social
justice concerns, land theft, and forced conversion practices have
their origins in settler-colonial relationships with the
sacred—that persists today. Designed to initiate a conversation
in the classroom, in the academy, and in various communities about
what is essential to the category of Indigeneity, this book offers
a way of understanding value systems of Indigenous peoples. By
pairing the concepts of Indigeneity and religion around competing
values systems, Arnold transforms our understanding of both
categories.
General
Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Haudenosaunee and Indigenous Worlds |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Philip P Arnold
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
280 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-3808-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8156-3808-6 |
Barcode: |
9780815638087 |
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