Life against States of Emergency

Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat

By Sarah Marie Wiebe
Foreword by Lindsay Keegitah Borrows
Categories: Political Science, Canadian Political Science, Environmental & Nature Studies, Indigenous Studies
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774867870, 312 pages, February 2023
Paperback : 9780774867887, 312 pages, September 2023
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774867894, 312 pages, February 2023
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774867900, 312 pages, February 2023
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Table of contents

Foreword: Nanabush and the Emergence of Butterflies / Lindsay Keegitah Borrows

Preface

Introduction: “You Are Treaty, Too”

1 Artistic Movements for Alternative Decolonial Futures

2 Creative Engagement through Mixed Media Storytelling

3 Chief Spence’s Story

4 Community Voices: Reimagining Attawapiskat

5 Discursive Responses to Attawapiskat, Chief Spence, and the Hunger Strike

6 Treaties Are Alive

7 Fleshing Out New Directions for Environmental Justice

Afterword: Emergency Feelings – Reflections on the Body Politics of Sudden and Slow Emergencies

Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Description

For six weeks in 2012–13, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high-profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian-Indigenous relations. Life against States of Emergency responds to the central question she asked the Canadian public to consider: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? This incisive research weaves together community-engaged research, Attawapiskat lived experiences, discourse analysis, ecofeminist and Indigenous studies scholarship, art, activism, and storytelling to advance a transformative, future-oriented approach to treaty relations. By centring community voices, Life against States of Emergency seeks to cultivate democratic dialogue about environmental justice.