Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters

In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with “tradition,” and problematic notions involved in “helping.” Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge. It’s in all of our best interests to take on gender violence as a core resurgence project, a core decolonization project, a core of Indigenous nation building, and as the backbone of any Indigenous mobilization. —Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Contributors: Kim Anderson, Stella August, Tracy Bear, Christi Belcourt, Robyn Bourgeois, Rita Bouvier, Maria Campbell, Maya Ode’amik Chacaby, Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group, Susan Gingell, Michelle Good, Laura Harjo, Sarah Hunt, Robert Alexander Innes, Beverly Jacobs, Tanya Kappo, Tara Kappo, Lyla Kinoshameg, Helen Knott, Sandra Lamouche, Jo-Anne Lawless, Debra Leo, Kelsey T. Leonard, Ann-Marie Livingston, Brenda Macdougall, Sylvia Maracle, Jenell Navarro, Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte, Pahan Pte San Win, Ramona Reece, Kimberly Robertson, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Beatrice Starr, Madeleine Kétéskwew Dion Stout, Waaseyaa’sin Christine Sy, Alex Wilson I All Our Relations -- 1. Voices From The Downtown Eastside / Debra Leo, Beatrice Starr & Stella August, Downtown Eastside Power Of Women Group -- 2. Honouring Women / Beverly Jacobs -- 3. Sacred Sisters And Sacred Circles / Sandra Lamouche -- 4.honouring Elsie / Ann-marie Linvingston & Sarah Hunt -- Ii The Violence Of History -- 5. Generations Of Genocide / Robyn Bourgeois -- 6. A Tradition Of Violence / Michelle Good -- 7. The (un)making Of Property / Kelsey T. Leonard -- 8. (the Missing Chapter) On Being Missing / Maya Ode'amik Chacaby -- Iii Challenges -- 9. Violence And Extraction / Helen Knott -- 10. Skirting The Issues / Alex Wilson -- 11. The Moose In The Room / Robert Alexander Innes & Kim Anderson -- 12. Considering Wenonah, Considering Us / Waaseyaa'sin Christine Sy -- 13. Centering Resurgence / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson -- Iv Action, Always -- 14. Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik / Darlene R. Okemaysim-sicotte, Susan Gingell & Rita Bouvier -- 15. Woman Sacred / Pahan Pte San Win -- 16. Leading With Our Hearts / Laura Harjo, Jenell Navarro & Kimberly Robertson. Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell & Christi Belcourt, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "In Keetsahnak / Our Murdered and Missing Indigenous Sisters, the tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly. This important collective volume both witnesses the significance of the travelling exhibition Walking With Our Sisters and creates a model for antiviolence work from an Indigenous perspective. The contributors look at the roots of violence and how it diminishes life for all. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with "tradition, " and problematic notions involved in "helping." Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge."-- Provided by publisher A powerful collection of voices that speak to antiviolence work from a cross-generational Indigenous perspective