Title & Author:

Let the river flow : an Indigenous uprising and its legacy in art, ecology and politics / edited by Katya García-Antón, Harald Gaski and Gunvor Guttorm.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Valiz, 2020.
©2020.

Description:

296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Contributors: Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste, Matti Aikio, Ivar Bjørklund, Mari Boine, Daniela Catrileo, Carolina Caycedo, Raven Chacon, Eva Maria Fjellheim, Katya Garcia-Antón, Harald Gaski, Gunvor Guttorm, Aslak Holmberg, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Sofia Jannok, Rauna Kuokkanen, Wanda Nanibush, Beaska Niillas, Synnøve Persen, Katarina Pirak Sikku, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Niilas A. Somby, Paulus Utsi, Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Magne Ove Varsi.
Includes bibliographical references.
Álgu : introduction / Katya García-Antón, Harald Gaski and Gunvor Guttorm -- Min eana! The dream of Sápmi. The hunger strike. Recollections of a participant / Niillas A. Somby -- The Áltá Action as a Sámi conflict. Forty years later / Ivar Bjørklund -- The dream of Sápmi (1986) and The dream of nothing? (2020) / Synnøve Persen -- The Áltá Action in images / Magne Ove Varsi -- Muittut ja muitalusat. Remembering and witnessing. Some notes on the Áltá conflict and the political mobilisation of the Sámi in Finland / Matti Aikio -- Living with the Julevädno / Katarina Pirak Sikku -- Honorable court. 'Baajh vaeride årrodh! Let the mountains live!' / Eva Maria Fjellheim -- Aliste. KOWKÜLEN / Sebastián Calfuqueo Aliste -- Ko ñi weychan by Sebastián Calfuqueo. An act of collective resistance / Daniela Catrileo -- Gierddut mat čatnet. The circles that bind us. Ellos Deatnu! - Long live the River Deatnu! Indigenous Sámi people's struggle for self-determination / Aslak Holmberg -- Ancestors' tracks / Beaska Niillas -- Lines of power and the circles that bind us / Wanda Nanibush -- Standing Rock is everywhere. One year later / Chief Arvol Looking Horse -- Dismembering the collective body / Carolina Caycedo -- Iešmearrideapmi. Sovereignty. Siida / Rauna Kuokkanen -- The colonists never understood the indigenous peoples' frame of reference, as evidenced in a traditional Sámi Joik poem / Harald Gaski -- Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. A powerful poetic manifestation / Harald Gaski -- Mu ruoktu lea mu váimmus - My home is in my heart / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää -- Speaking Earth to a world in reverse / Katya García-Antón -- Gullat ja gulahallat. Listening and communicating. Duodji and its stories / Gunvor Guttorm -- Mot mun anáge gudnis - How I respect / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää -- About the influence of poets on my work / Mari Boine -- Paulus Utsi. Goahtoeanan - Place of home / Sofia Jannok -- Whistle quartet / Raven Chacon -- Carry it on / Buffy Sainte-Marie.
Text in English; includes poems in Swedish, Northern Sámi, Norwegian and Spanish with parallel English translations.

Summary:

"The Áltá Action (c. 1978-82) radically shook the course of history in the Nordic region. Its call to 'let the river live' rallied against the construction of a large dam across the Álttáeatnu river on the Norwegian side of Sápmi, the Sámi homeland. The Action catapulted the demands for Indigenous sovereignty to the forefront of the politics of the time, and grew into an unexpectedly broad movement of solidarity in which Sámi artists played a central role. Many key questions raised by the Áltá Action pertinent in the region and beyond remain unresolved today. Let the River Flow makes essential reading for any discussion regarding how governments, artists and citizens will act upon these questions within the frame of today's worldwide call for decolonization and Indigenization. New essays by 24 leading Indigenous artists, writers and scholars as well as allies, together with key existing texts, focus on the significant political and artistic reverberations of the Action past and present. These include current Indigenous discourses and protests across Sápmi, and internationally. Let the River Flow addresses readers with an interest in decolonial, Indigenous, solidarity and environmental questions within artistic practice and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9789492095794 paperback
9492095793 paperback

Subject:

Art and social action History 20th century.
Art and social conflict History 20th century.
Art Political aspects History 20th century.
Poetry, Modern 20th century Social aspects.
Poetry, Modern 20th century Political aspects.
Social movements Norway History 20th century.
Indigenous peoples Norway History 20th century.
Art and social action Norway History 20th century.
Art and social conflict Norway History 20th century.
Art Political aspects Norway History 20th century.
Hydroelectric power plants Environmental aspects Norway Alta River.
Hydroelectric power plants Social aspects Norway Alta River.
Art et action sociale Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et conflits sociaux Histoire 20e siècle.
Poésie 20e siècle Aspect social.
Poésie 20e siècle Aspect politique.
Mouvements sociaux Norvège Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et action sociale Norvège Histoire 20e siècle.
Art et conflits sociaux Norvège Histoire 20e siècle.
Centrales hydroélectriques Aspect de l'environnement Norvège Alta (Fleuve)
Centrales hydroélectriques Aspect social Norvège Alta (Fleuve)
Art and social action
Art and social conflict
Art Political aspects
Hydroelectric power plants Environmental aspects
Hydroelectric power plants Social aspects
Indigenous peoples
Poetry, Modern Social aspects
Social movements
Norway
Norway Alta River

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

García-Antón, Katya, editor.
Gaski, Harald, 1955- editor.
Guttorm, Gunvor, editor.

Indigenous uprising and its legacy in art, ecology and politics

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316879
Call No.: 316879
Copy: 1
Status: Available