Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vi
3. Prologue: Waking Dreams: Reflections on Walking With Our Sisters x
4. Acknowledgements xviii
5. Introduction xx
6. I. All Our Relations
7. 1. Voices from the Downtown Eastside 3
8. 2. Honouring Women 15
9. 3. Sacred Sisters and Sacred Circles 35
10. 4. Honouring Elsie 45
11. II. The Violence of History
12. 5. Generations of Genocide 65
13. 6. A Tradition of Violence 89
14. 7. The (Un)Making of Property 103
15. 8. (The Missing Chapter) On Being Missing 125
16. III. Challenges
17. 9. Violence and Extraction 147
18. 10. Skirting the Issues 161
19. 11. The Moose in the Room 175
20. 12. Considering Wenonah, Considering Us 193
21. 13. Centring Resurgence 215
22. IV. Action, Always
23. 14. Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik 243
24. 15. Woman Sacred 271
25. 16. Leading with Our Hearts 279
26. Epilogue: Sitting in with Sisters 305
27. Contributors 327
28. Index 339