{"product_id":"dadibaajim-returning-home-through-narrative-9780887559549","title":"Dadibaajim: Returning Home Through Narrative","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDadibaajim\u003c\/em\u003e narratives are of and from the land, born from experience and observation. Invoking this critical Anishinaabe methodology for teaching and learning, Helen Agger documents and reclaims the history, identity, and inherent entitlement of the Namegosibii Anishinaabeg to the care, use, and occupation of their Trout Lake homelands. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Agger's mother, Dedibaayaanimanook, was born in 1922, the community had limited contact with Euro-Canadian settlers and still lived throughout their territory according to seasonal migrations along agricultural, hunting, and fishing routes. By the 1940s, colonialism was in full swing: hydro development had resulted in major flooding of traditional territories, settlers had overrun Trout Lake for its resource, tourism, and recreational potential, and the Namegosibii Anishinaabeg were forced out of their homelands in Treaty 3 territory, north-western Ontario. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgger mines an archive of treaty paylists, census records, and the work of influential anthropologists like A.I. Hallowell, but the dadibaajim narratives of eight community members spanning three generations form the heart of this book. Dadibaajim provide the framework that fills in the silences and omissions of the colonial record. Embedded in Anishinaabe language and epistemology, they record how the people of Namegosibiing experienced the invasion of interlocking forces of colonialism and globalized neo-liberalism into their lives and upon their homelands. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eDadibaajim\u003c\/em\u003e is a message about how all humans may live well on the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgger, Helen Olsen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHelen Olsen Agger is Anishinaabe and holds a PhD in Native Studies from the University of Manitoba\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e She is the author of \u003cem\u003eFollowing Nimishoomis: The Trout Lake History of Dedibaayaanimanook Sarah Keesick Olsen.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381155631378,"sku":"9780887559549","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73e4b2a2-3379-420c-b503-e579ec01c842.jpg?v=1728694765","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dadibaajim-returning-home-through-narrative-9780887559549","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}