Lighting the Eighth Fire

Introduction by: Sumac Smokii

Edited by: Leanne Simpson

This remarkable collection of essays by leading Indigenous scholars focuses on the themes of freedom, liberation and Indigenous resurgence as they relate to the land. They analyze treaties, political culture, governance, environmental issues, economy, and radical social movements from an anti-colonial Indigenous perspective in a Canadian context. Editor Leanne Simpson (Nishnaabekwe) has solicited Indigenous writers that place Indigenous freedom as their highest political goal, while turning to the knowledge, traditions, and culture of specific Indigenous nations to achieve that goal. The authors offer frank and political analysis and commentary of the kind not normally found in mainstream books, journals, and magazines.

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This important book will appeal to readers of both local and national Canadian history as well as to those with an interest in sustainability. Both subjects are presented from an Indigenous perspective still largely missing from mainstream publications. Activists involved in environmental and First Nations causes will find much to learn from and be inspired by. — Ursula Pflug, The Niagra Falls Review

…it should still be catalogued in every provincial and university library. The publication of this book clearly accentuates that there exists in the Native community an active and articulate group of writers who will continue to press ahead with the First Nations agenda. — John W. Friesen, Canadian Ethnic Studies


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Dimensions:

232 Pages
8.40in * 5.50in * .60in
320.00gr
1.04lb

Published:

August 15, 2008

Publisher:

ARP Books

ISBN:

9781894037334

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Non-Fiction

Language:

eng

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