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3. Sacred Sisters and Sacred Circles

A Story of One Nehiyawak Family and the Power of Spirit

Sandra Lamouche

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Chapters in this book

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

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Chapters in this book

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

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