Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth: Gender, Shamanism, and the Third Sex

Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth: Gender, Shamanism, and the Third SexFirst published in French in 2006, Inuit Stories of Being and Rebirth contains an in depth, paragraph by paragraph analysis of Inuit stories on womb memories, birth, namesaking, and reincarnation. This new English edition introduces this material collected and translated in Igloolik, Nunavut to a broader audience and contains a new afterword from Saladin d'Anglure. Saladin d'Anglure follows in the footsteps of Marcel Mauss and Claude Lvi Strauss, who

As a small boy in remote Alberta

Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder

Claims that Native peoples should be recognized as coeval with Euro-Americans

What he's not used to is white people being nice to him — people like George Haddonfield

the grass that grew a little through the night

This volume explores the meaning and importance of food sovereignty for Native peoples in the United States

and families

Read about his inspiring experiences in the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock

Traversing a range of cultures

prodded on by dancing foxes

Michel Noël's vibrant writing brings Nipishish's story — and the ongoing struggle of native communities — to life in this powerful tale

This lavishly illustrated volume is the first full-length reference book to describe baby carriers of the Lakota