Sylvia McAdam, a co-founder of the international movement Idle No More, shares nêhiyaw (Cree) laws so that future generations, both nêhiyaw and non-Indigenous people, may understand and live by them to revitalize Indigenous nationhood.
Description
Traditionally, nêhiyaw (Cree) laws are shared and passed down through oral customs — stories, songs, ceremonies — using lands, waters, animals, land markings and other sacred rites. However, the loss of the languages, customs, and traditions of Indigenous peoples as a direct result of colonization has necessitated this departure from the oral tradition to record the physical laws of the nêhiyaw. McAdam, a co-founder of the international movement Idle No More, shares nêhiyaw laws so that future generations, both nêhiyaw and non-Indigenous people, may understand and live by them to revitalize Indigenous nationhood.
Awards
- Winner, Regina Public Library Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016
- Winner, Aboriginal Peoples’ Publishing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016
- Short-listed, University of Saskatchewan Non-Fiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016
- Winner, Rasmussen, Rasmussen and Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’ Writing Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016
- Short-listed, Non-Fiction Award, Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016
Reviews
The text employs many Cree words, but this is done in a way that makes the meaning clear to non-indigenous readers, and there’s a glossary for those who don’t know the language.
- Alexis Kienlen