Chapter 21 Weaving Fine Baskets of Resilience: Resilient mothering in the academy as kānaka nation building

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. PART I East–Thinking
5. Chapter 1 An Indigenous Boy Occupying the Academy: The intergenerational (motherly) teachings that led him there 19
6. Chapter 2 “She Had No Use for Fools” stories of dibé Łizhiní mothers 29
7. Chapter 3 Nine Months of Indigenous Motherhood in the Academy: A rainbow journey from the islands to na’neelzhiin 37
8. Chapter 4 M(othering) and the Academy 47
9. Chapter 5 My Children Are My Teachers: lessons learned as a kanaka maoli mother-scholar 49
10. Chapter 6 Dreams of Hózhó within the Womb: A navajo mother’s letter to her newest love 62
11. PART II South–Planning
12. Chapter 7 Hollo Micha Oh Chash: drawing from our choctaw ancestors’ wisdom to decolonize motherhood within the academy 73
13. Chapter 8 Mvskoke Eckvlke (Muscogee Motherhood) in Academic Spaces 83
14. Chapter 9 The (Time) Line in the Sand 92
15. Chapter 10 Protection and the Power of Reproduction 104
16. Chapter 11 A Glint of Decolonial Love: An academic mother’s meditation on navigating and leveraging the university 111
17. Chapter 12 Honoring Our Relations: collective stories 125
18. PART III West–Living
19. Chapter 13 Widening the Path reflection of two generations in academia 137
20. Chapter 14 Mothers and Daughters Are Forever 143
21. Chapter 15 A Journey of Indigenous Motherhood through the Love, Loss, and the P&T Process 151
22. Chapter 16 Indigenous Motherhood in STEM 162
23. Chapter 17 Kuhkwany Kuchemayo ‘Aaknach, an Iipay Mother’s/ Teacher’s Story 169
24. Chapter 18 Impact of a Pandemic on Indigenous Motherhood: collective stories 177
25. PART IV North–Assuring
26. Chapter 19 Our Journey through Healing 201
27. Chapter 20 Motherhood, Reimagined 217
28. Chapter 21 Weaving Fine Baskets of Resilience: Resilient mothering in the academy as kānaka nation building 220
29. Chapter 22 Hā‘ena-i-ku‘u-poli: a letter to my daughter 231
30. Chapter 23 A Hidden Cartography: matrilinealizing the terrain of academe 238
31. Chapter 24 Berries and Her Many Lectures: the work of storywork 247
32. Tying the Bundle 257
33. Acknowledgments 263
34. Notes on Contributors 265
35. Index 271