Memory and Landscape
Indigenous Responses to a Changing North
- Publisher
- Athabasca University Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2022
- Subjects
- Indigenous Studies
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771993173
- Publish Date
- Oct 2022
- List Price
- $59.99
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Description
The North is changing at an unprecedented rate as industrial development and the climate crisis disrupt not only the environment but also long-standing relationships to the land and traditional means of livelihood. Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North explores the ways in which Indigenous peoples in the Arctic have adapted to challenging circumstances, including past cultural and environmental changes. In this beautifully illustrated volume, contributors document how Indigenous communities in Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and Siberia are seeking ways to maintain and strengthen their cultural identity while also embracing forces of disruption.
Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors bring together oral history and scholarly research from disciplines such as linguistics, archaeology, and ethnohistory. With an emphasis on Indigenous place names, this volume illuminates how the land—and the memories that are inextricably tied to it—continue to define Indigenous identity. The perspectives presented here also serve to underscore the value of Indigenous knowledge and its essential place in future studies of the Arctic.
Contributions by Vinnie Baron, Hugh Brody, Kenneth Buck, Anna Bunce, Donald Butler, Michael A. Chenlov, Aron L. Crowell, Peter C. Dawson, Martha Dowsley, Robert Drozda, Gary Holton, Colleen Hughes, Peter Jacobs, Emily Kearney-Williams, Igor Krupnik, Apayo Moore, Murielle Nagy, Mark Nuttall, Evon Peter, Louann Rank, William E. Simeone, Felix St-Aubin, and Will Stolz.
About the authors
Kenneth L. Pratt is an anthropologist and ethnohistorian employed by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs. He is a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center. He is the editor of Chasing the Dark: Perspectives on Place, History and Alaska Native Land Claims (2009).
Kenneth L. Pratt's profile page
Scott A. Heyes is an ethnographer and landscape architect. He is a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center, and an adjunct professor at Monash University’s Indigenous Studies Centre. He is the author of Mammals of Ungava and Labrador (2014) with Kristofer Helgen.
Awards
- Winner, Scholarly and Academic Book of the Year, Alberta
- Winner, Book Design, Alberta Book Publishing Awards
Excerpt: Memory and Landscape: Indigenous Responses to a Changing North (edited by Kenneth L. Pratt & Scott A. Heyes)
“Our identity, our sense of belonging, our understanding of being human, is all connected to our relationship with the land. And our relationship with these lands span millennia. Our grandfathers and grandmothers that came before us walked these same ridges, valleys, and trails. They fished the same lakes, streams, and rivers. They cherished memories carried in the pungent smell of the fall tundra, in wafts of spruce, cottonwood, and willow smoke. They ventured throughout these lands until their final rest. Our ancestors are literally part of this land. We are part of this land.” –Evon Peter