Nitinikiau Innusi - I Keep the Land Alive (Paperback)

Labrador Innu cultural and environmental activist Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue is well known both within and far beyond the Innu Nation. The recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award and an honorary doctorate from Memorial University, she has been a subject of documentary films, books, and numerous articles. She was a leader in the Innu campaign against NATO's low-level flying and bomb testing on Innu land during the 1980s and `90s, and a key respondent in a landmark legal case in which the judge held that the Innu had the "colour of right" to occupy the Canadian Forces base in Goose Bay, Labrador. Over the past twenty years she has led walks and canoe trips in nutshimit, "on the land," to teach people about Innu culture and knowledge. Nitinikiau Innusi: I Keep the Land Alive began as a diary written in Innu-aimun, in which Tshaukuesh recorded day-to-day experiences as well as speeches, court appearances, and interviews with reporters. Tshaukuesh has always had a strong sense of the importance of documenting what was happening. She also found keeping a diary therapeutic, and her writing evolved from brief notes into a detailed account of her own life and reflections on Innu land, culture, politics, and history. Beautifully illustrated, this work contains numerous images by professional photographers and journalists as well as archival photographs and others from Tshaukuesh's own collection.

General

Imprint:	University of Manitoba Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Contemporary Studies on the North
Release date:	May 2019
Authors:	Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue
Editors:	Elizabeth Yeoman
Dimensions:	216 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-88755-840-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > History of other lands Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-88755-840-2
Barcode:	9780887558405

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