Title & Author:

Indigenous Toronto : stories that carry this place / edited by Denise Bolduc, Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere, Rebeka Tabobondung, Brian Wright-McLeod.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Toronto, ON : Coach House Books, [2021]
©2021

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (color, black & white) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Rising like a cloud : new histories of 'old' Toronto / Hayden King -- Agreements, naming, and places -- Remember like we do / Ange Loft -- Williams Treaties / Wanda Nanibush -- A story about the Toronto purchase / Margaret Sault -- On the back of the turtle : ancient life and death in the city / Ron Williamson and Louis Lesage -- An Indigenous archaeologist at the Rouge National Urban Park / Stacey Taylor -- Don song / Rebeka Tabobondung -- Four murals / Philip Cote -- Trailblazers and changemakers -- Tannis Neilsen : the Simcoe Street mural / Erica Commanda -- The two lives of Doctor O / Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere -- The dance from Cabbagetown cones to Shiibaashka'igan cones / Karen Pheasant-Neganigwane -- Rez rocket romance / Elaine Bomberry -- Duke Redbird, a man of many words / Brian Wright-McLeod -- Robert Markle : the power of the mark / At the hinge of light and dark / Bonnie Devine -- Tomson Highway and the language of laughter / Denise Bolduc -- 'I just woke up one morning and I was a playwright' / Drew Hayden Taylor -- Daniel David Moses / Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere -- An excerpt from Coyote city / Daniel David Moses -- An excerpt from Two Indians / Falen Johnson -- A life in business, crafts, and theatre / Margaret Cozry -- How we carry this place -- The Anishinaabe city : Ogimaa mikana / Hayden King and Susan Blight -- Kapapamahchakwew : Wandering Spirit School and the vision of Nimkiiquay / Kerry Potts with Pauline Shirt (Nimkiiquay) -- Verna Johnston, Nokomis / Mnawaate Gordon-Corbiere -- Millie Redmond : The flame / Miles Morrisseau -- Dr. Janet Smylie and 'Our Health Counts Toronto' / Erica Commanda -- Joe Hester : Anishnawbe Health Toronto / Brian Wright-McLeod -- Renegade Radio : a voice of dissent in a world of compromise / Brian Wright-McLeod -- Serendipity voices / Andre Morriseau -- Honour the Earth : activism in the eighties / Brian Wright-McLeod -- Transforming the city -- Concrete Indians / Nadya Kwandibens -- The great Indian bus tour of Toronto / Rebeka Tabobondung and Erica Commanda -- Marjorie Beaucage, the runner / Jason Ryle, with excerpts from Marjorie Beaucage's memoir -- Now that we know / Lila Pine -- No thrills and bougie bannock / Sarena Johnson -- The NishDish journey / Johl Whiteduck Ringuette -- Jim Dumont Onaubinisay (Walks Above the Ground) on identity and spirituality in the city / Erica Commanda and Rebeka Tabobondung -- Notes -- The contributors -- The editors -- Acknowledgements -- Image credits.
Issued also in electronic formats.

Summary:

"A collection of perspectives by and about Indigenous Toronto, past, present, and future. Beneath every major city in North America lies a deep and rich Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, and ignored. Few of its current inhabitants know that Toronto has seen 12,000 years of different peoples, including the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the New Credit, and a vibrant culture and history that thrives to this day. With original contributions by Indigenous elders, scholars, journalists, artists, activists, and historians about art, food, health, and more, this unique anthology explores the poles of erasure and cultural continuity that have come to define a crossroads city-region that was known as a meeting place long before the arrival of European settlers. Contributors include political scientist Hayden King, artist and curator Wanda Nanibush, chief Johl Whiteduck Ringuette, poet and broadcaster Duke Redbird, playwright Drew Hayden Taylor, educator Kerry Potts, writer/journalist Miles Morrisseau and photographer Nadya Kwandibens."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1552454150 (softcover)
9781552454152 (softcover)

Subject:

Indigenous peoples Ontario Toronto History.
Indigenous peoples Ontario Toronto Social life and customs.
Indigenous peoples Ontario Toronto Intellectual life.
Urban Indigenous peoples Canada.
Indigenous peoples Canada Ethnic identity.
Indigenous activists Canada.
Autochtones Ontario Toronto Histoire.
Autochtones Ontario Toronto Mœurs et coutumes.
Autochtones Ontario Toronto Vie intellectuelle.
Autochtones en milieu urbain Canada.
Peuples autochtones Canada Identité ethnique.
Urban Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples Ethnic identity
Civilization
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples Social life and customs
Intellectual life
Manners and customs
Aboriginal Canadians Ontario Urbanization.
Aboriginal Canadians Ontario History.
Toronto (Ont.) History.
Toronto (Ont.) Social life and customs.
Toronto (Ont.) Intellectual life.
Toronto (Ont.) Civilization.
Toronto (Ont.) Histoire.
Toronto (Ont.) Mœurs et coutumes.
Toronto (Ont.) Vie intellectuelle.
Toronto (Ont.) Civilisation.
Canada
Ontario Toronto

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Bolduc, Denise, 1964- editor.
Gordon-Corbiere, Mnawaate, 1995- editor.
Tabobondung, Rebeka, 1975- editor.
Wright-McLeod, Brian, 1958- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309658
Call No.: BIB 254862
Status: Available