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Being Indigenous: Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language, and Identity book cover

2nd Edition

Being Indigenous Perspectives on Activism, Culture, Language, and Identity

Edited By Neyooxet Greymorning Copyright 2026
370 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The second edition of Being Indigenous presents perspectives from 24 Indigenous scholars who share their knowledge on the interconnected fabric of activism, culture, language, and identity that defines Indigenous existence in the twenty-first century. The book explores personal narratives, cultural traditions, and resistance strategies of Indigenous peoples from 11 countries. This expanded... Read more

Notes on Contributors
Map
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements

Part I: Telling "his-stories": Four Indigenous Perspectives

1 Examining a Political Reality of Indigenous Languages and Cultures
Neyooxet Greymorning (Arapaho, USA)

2 The Staying Force of Inuit Knowledge
Piita Irniq (Inuit, Canada)

3 Life After Land Loss: Forced Relocations of the Kola Sámi and Their Consequences
Anna Afanasyeva (Sámi, Russia)

4 Eualeyai Story Tracks
Larissa Behrendt (Aboriginal, Australia)

Part II: Perspectives on Cultural Ways of Being Indigenous

5 Indigenous Traditions on Peace, Power, and Equity
Neyooxet Greymorning

6 Aspects of Traditions and Traditional Knowledge in Sámi Culture
Gunvor Guttorm (Sámi, Norway)

7 The Lessons of Coyote and the Medicine Tree
Arleen Adams (Salish-Kootenai, Montana, USA)

8 A Critical Analysis of Indigenous Foodstuffs and Lifeways in the Face of Climate Change: Illusions of Food Sovereignty
Jason Brough

Part III: Perspectives on Colonization and Identity

9 Colonization as Myth-Making: A Case Study in Aotearoa
Moana Jackson (Maori, New Zealand)

10 For a Greenlandic Independence
Jens Heinrich (Greenlander, Greenland)

11 Of This Red Earth
Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Oklahoma, USA)

Part IV: Perspectives on Activism, Philosophy, and the Rights of Being Indigenous

12 Reflections and Feelings Deriving from a Pulakaumaka within My Heart
Kauanoe Kamanā (Hawaiian, Hilo, Hawaii)

13 Original ("Indigenous") Nations and Philosophical Activism
Steven Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape, USA)

14 The Split-Head Resistance and Reconciliation
James [Sa’ke’j] Youngblood Henderson (Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma, USA)

15 "She Must Be Civilized, She Paints Her Toenails"
Sharon Venne (Cree, Canada)

16 Echoes of the Amazon: Reimagining Respect through Indigenous Wisdom and Collaborative Inquiry
Andrea Vásquez-Fernández (Andean-Quechua), Maria Shuñaqui Sangama (Asheninka), Raúl Sebastián Lizardo (Yine), Judith Canayo Otto (Yine), and Miriam Pérez Pinedo (Asheninka)

Part V: Perspectives on Language and Cultural Survival

17 Current Status and Issues of Ainu Cultural Revitalization
Jirota Kitahara (Ainu, Japan) (Translations by Jeff Gayman, Japan)

18 Rejuvenating Native Languages and Accelerated Second Language Acquisition
Neyooxet Greymorning (Arapaho, USA)

19 A Discussion on Blackfoot Language Rejuvenation
Neyooxet Greymorning, Robert Hall, and Sterling HolyWhiteMountain (Blackfeet, Montana, USA)

20 Rejuvenation Efforts and the Blackfoot Language, Failures, and Successes
Sterling HolyWhiteMountain and Neyooxet Greymorning

21 Rejuvenating Language: Two Works in Progress
Clark Webb (Gumbaynggirr, Australia) and Maximillian Hassatzky (Sorbian, Germany)

Index

Biography

Neyooxet Greymorning is a Full Professor in the Departments of Native American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Montana, USA.

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