Main entry:

Gabriel, Katsi'tsakwas Ellen, author.

Title & Author:

When the pine needles fall : Indigenous acts of resistance / Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel ; with Sean Carleton.

Publication:

Tkaronto (Toronto) : Between the Lines, 2024.
©2024

Description:

xxiii, 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Foreword by Pamela Palmater; afterword by Audra Simpson.
Includes appendeces: Speech to Status of Women Committee, 2013, and Speech at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The land is our teacher -- Protecting the pines -- The siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke -- Echoes -- The art of resistance -- Women's rights -- Indigenous internationalism -- Resurgence -- Living for the land
Issued also in electronic format.

Summary:

"There have been many things written about Canada's violent siege of Kanehsatà:ke and Kahnawà:ke in the summer of 1990 (the so-called Oka Crisis), but When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance is the first book from the perspective of Katsi'tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, who was the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) spokesperson during the siege. When the Pine Needles Fall, written in a conversational style by Gabriel with historian Sean Carleton, offers an intimate look at Gabriel's life leading up to the 1990 siege, her experiences as spokesperson for her community, and her work since then as an Indigenous land defender, human rights activist, and feminist leader. More than just the memoir of an extraordinary individual, When the Pine Needles Fall offers insight into Indigenous language, history, and philosophy, reflections on our relationship with the land, and calls to action against both colonialism and capitalism as we face the climate crisis. Gabriel's hopes for a decolonial future make clear why protecting Indigenous homelands is vital not only for the survival of Indigenous peoples, but for all who live on this planet."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781771136501 (softcover)
1771136502 (softcover)

Subject:

Gabriel, Katsi'tsakwas Ellen.
Indigenous peoples Canada Politics and government.
Indigenous peoples Canada Government relations.
Government, Resistance to Canada History.
Indigenous peoples Canada Social conditions.
First Nations women activists Biography.
First Nations activists Biography.
Kanyen'kehà:ka women Biography.
Kanyen'kehà:ka Biography.
Résistance au gouvernement Canada Histoire.

Form/genre:

Autobiographies.
autobiographies (literary genre)

Added entries:

Carleton, Sean, author.
Palmater, Pamela D. (Pamela Doris), 1970- writer of foreword.
Simpson, Audra, 1969- writer of afterword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 320587
Call No.: 320587
Copy: 1
Status: Available