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Read, Listen, Tell

Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island

Edited by David Gaertner, Deanna Reder, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill & Sophie McCall
Categories: Indigenous peoples, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic studies, Social groups and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences
Series: Indigenous Studies
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Paperback : 9781771123006, 410 pages, May 2017
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Table of Contents
I. “The Truth About Stories Is… Stories Are All That We Are
1) Dawn Dumont (Plains Cree, 1978 - ), “The Way of the Sword” (2011)
2) Craig Womack (Cherokee, 1960 - ), “King of the Tie-snakes” (2001)
3) E. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk, 1861-1913), “As It Was in the Beginning” (1899)
4) Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo / Sioux, 1939-2008), “Deer Woman” (1991)
5) Thomas King, (Cherokee, 1943 - ), “’You’ll Never Believe What Happened’ Is Always a Great Way to Start” (2003)
II. Land, Homeland, Territory
6) Kimberly Blaeser (Chippewa, 1955 - ), “Like Some Old Story” (1991)
7) Thomas King (Cherokee, 1943 - ), “Borders” (1993)
8) M. E. Wakamatsu (Yaqui, 1953 - ), “Rita Hayworth Mexicana” (2002)
9) Warren Cariou (Métis, 1966 - ), “An Athabasca Story” (2012)
10) Gord Hill (Kwakwaka’wakw, 1968 - ), “The ‘Oka Crisis,’” from The Five Hundred Years of Resistance Comic Book (2010)
11) Lee Maracle (Stó:lo, 1950 - ), “Goodbye, Snauq” (2004)
III. “Reinventing the Enemy’s Language”
12) Sixto Canul (Maya, 1948 -), “The Son Who Came Back from the United States” (1992, 2001)
13) Gloria Anzaldúa (Chicana, 1942-2004), “Ghost Trap” (1992)
14) Joel Torres Sánchez (Purépecha, 1950-), “I’m Not a Witch, I’m a Healer!” (1997, tr. 2007)
15) Diane Glancy (Cherokee, 1941 - ), “Aunt Parnetta’s Electric Blisters” (1990)
16) Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan, 1948 - ), “Land Speaking” (1998)
IV. Cree Knowledge Embedded in Stories
17) Tomson Highway (Cree, 1951 - ), Chapter 14 from Kiss of the Fur Queen (1998)
18) Steven Keewatin Sanderson (Cree, 1976 - ), Excerpt from Darkness Calls (2004)
19) Solomon Ratt (Cree, 1954 - ), “I’m Not an Indian” (2007)
20) Paul Seesequasis (Cree, 1958 - ), “Republic of Tricksterism” (1998)
20) Lisa Bird Wilson (Cree-Métis), “Delivery” (2013)
21) Louise Bernice Halfe (Cree, 1953 - ), “Rolling Head’s Grave Yard” (2006)
22) Harold Cardinal (Cree, 1945-2005), fExcerpt from “Einew Kis-Kee-Tum-Awin (Indigenous People’s Knowledge)” (2005)
V. “Each Word Has a Story of its Own”: Story Arcs and Story Cycles
24) Alexina Kublu (Inuit, 1954 - ), “Uinigumasuittuq / She Who Never Wants to Get Married” (1999)
25) Alootook Ipellie (Inuit, 1951-2007), “Summit with Sedna, the Mother of Sea Beasts” (1993)
26) Susan Power (Standing Rock Sioux, 1961 - ), “Beaded Soles” (1997, 2004)
27) Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (Sioux, 1876-1938), “The Devil” (1921)
28) Tania Willard, (Secwepemc, 1976 - ), “Coyote and the People Killer” (2004)
29) Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo, 1948 - ), “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective” (1981, 1996)
VI. Community, Self, Transformation
30) Sherman Alexie (Spokane / Coeur d’Alene, 1966 - ), “The Toughest Indian in the World” (2000)
31) Isaías Hernández Isidro (Chontal, 1966 - ), “The Secret of the Zutz’baläm”(1997, tr. 2004)
32) Richard Van Camp (Dogrib [Tlicho], 1971 - ), “Devotion” (2012)
33) Sylvain Rivard (Abenaki, 1966 - ), “Grandma and the Wentigo” (2000, tr. 2017)
34) Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas (Haida, 1954 - ), Excerpt from Red: A Haida Manga (2009)
35) Ellen Rice White (Snuneymuxw, 1922 - ), “The Boys Who Became a Killer Whale” (2006)
VII. Shifting Perspectives
37) Sandra Cisneros (Chicana, 1954 - ), “Never Marry a Mexican” (1992)
38) Gordon Robinson (Haisla, 1918-1999), “Weegit Discovers Halibut Hooks” (1956)
39) Joe Panipakuttuk (Inuit, 1914-1970), “The Many Lives of Anakajuttuq” (1969)
40) Walter K. Scott (Mohawk, 1985 - ), Excerpt from Wendy (2014)
41) Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo, 1948 -), “Lullaby” (1974, 1981)
42) Jo-Ann Episkenew (Métis, 1952-2016), “Notes on Leslie Marmon Silko’s ‘Lullaby’: Socially Responsible Criticism” (2002, 2017)
VIII. Indigenous Fantasy and SF
44) Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee, 1975 - ), “Tatterborn” (2017)
45) Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo, 1941 - ), “Men on the Moon” (1978, 1999)
46) Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet, 1972 - ), “Father, Son, Holy Rabbit” (2010)
47) Eden Robinson (Haisla / Heiltsuk, 1968 - ), “Terminal Avenue” (2004)
48) Allison Hedge Coke (Cherokee / Huron 1958 - ), “On Drowning Pond” (2010)
49) L. Catherine Cornum (Diné, 1989 - ), “The Space NDN’s Star Map” (2015, 2017)

Description

“Don’t say in the years to come that you would have lived your life differently if only you had heard this story. You’ve heard it now. ” —Thomas King, in this volume

Read, Listen, Tell brings together an extraordinary range of Indigenous stories from across Turtle Island (North America). From short fiction to as-told-to narratives, from illustrated stories to personal essays, these stories celebrate the strength of heritage and the liveliness of innovation. Ranging in tone from humorous to defiant to triumphant, the stories explore core concepts in Indigenous literary expression, such as the relations between land, language, and community, the variety of narrative forms, and the continuities between oral and written forms of expression. Rich in insight and bold in execution, the stories proclaim the diversity, vitality, and depth of Indigenous writing.

Building on two decades of scholarly work to centre Indigenous knowledges and perspectives, the book transforms literary method while respecting and honouring Indigenous histories and peoples of these lands. It includes stories by acclaimed writers like Thomas King, Sherman Alexie, Paula Gunn Allen, and Eden Robinson, a new generation of emergent writers, and writers and storytellers who have often been excluded from the canon, such as French- and Spanish-language Indigenous authors, Indigenous authors from Mexico, Chicana/o authors, Indigenous-language authors, works in translation, and “lost“ or underappreciated texts.

In a place and time when Indigenous people often have to contend with representations that marginalize or devalue their intellectual and cultural heritage, this collection is a testament to Indigenous resilience and creativity. It shows that the ways in which we read, listen, and tell play key roles in how we establish relationships with one another, and how we might share knowledges across cultures, languages, and social spaces.

Reviews

Read, Listen, Tell collects a brilliant and vast array of indigenous short fiction, bolstered by insightful critical essays that prioritize indigenous voices, culture, and methodologies. , Clarissa Goldsmith, Foreword Reviews, 2017 July 29

- Clarissa Goldsmith, Foreword Reviews, 2017 July 29