Learn, Teach, Challenge

Deanna Reder (Cree-Métis) is an associate professor in the Departments of First Nations Studies and English at Simon Fraser University. She serves as editor for the Indigenous Studies series at WLU Press and was one of the founding members of the Indigenous Literary Studies Association. She teaches and publishes on Indigenous theory, life writing, pop fiction, and gender and sexuality.Linda Morra is a full professor at Bishop's University. She was the Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies (2016-2017) at University College Dublin and a visiting scholar at Berkeley, University of California (2016). Her book Unarrested Archives (2014) was a finalist for the Gabrielle Roy Prize.

"Reder and Morra offer this anthology as a way to facilitate positive representation and inclusion of Indigenous texts and to foster solidarity in university settings that have historically marginalized Indigenous voices. Their offering is valuable contribution to the field for teachers and students alike." -- Alexander Cavanaugh, University of Oregon -- Transmotion

• Table ofContents for Learn, Teach, Challenge:Approaching Indigenous Literatures, edited by Deanna Reder and Linda M. MorraAcknowledgementsIntroduction DeannaReder and Linda Morra I • Position1Introduction DeannaReder2Iskwewak Kah' Ki Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak: Re-membering Being to Signifying FemaleRelations JaniceAcoose3""Introduction"" from How Should I Read These? Native WomenWriters in Canada Helen Hoy4Teaching Aboriginal Literature: The Discourse of Margins and Mainstreams Emma LaRocque5""Preface"" from Travelling Knowledges: Positioning theIm/Migrant Reader of Aboriginal Literatures in Canada Renate Eigenbrod6Strategies for Ethical Engagement: An Open Letter Concerning Non-NativeScholars of Native Literatures Sam McKegney7A Response to Sam McKegney's ""Strategies for Ethical Engagement: An Open LetterConcerning Non-Native Scholars of Native Literatures"" Robert Appleford8Situating Self, Culture, and Purpose in Indigenous Inquiry Margaret Kovach9Final Section Response: ""The lake is the people and life that come to it"":Location as Critical Practice Allison Hargreaves II • Imagining Beyond Imagesand Myths10Introduction LindaM. Morra11.A Strong Race Opinion: On the Indian Girl in Modern Fiction E. Pauline Johnson12Indian Love Call Drew Hayden Taylor13""Introduction"" and ""Marketing the Imaginary Indian"" from The Imaginary Indian: The Image of the Indian in Canadian Culture Daniel Francis14Postindian Warriors Gerald Vizenor15Postcolonial Ghost Dancing: Diagnosing European Colonialism James (Sákéj) YoungbloodHenderson16The Trickster Moment, Cultural Appropriation, and the Liberal Imagination Margery Fee17Myth, Policy, and Health Jo-Ann Episkenew18Final Section Response: Imagining beyond Images and Myths Renae Watchman III • Deliberating IndigenousLiterary Approaches19Introduction NatalieKnight20""Editor's Note"" from Looking at the Words of Our People:First Nations Analysis of Literature Jeannette C. Armstrong21Native Literature: Seeking a Critical Centre Kimberly M. Blaeser22Introduction. American Indian Literary Self-Determination Craig S. Womack23""Introduction"" from Towards a Native American CriticalTheory ElviraPulitano24Afterword: At the Gathering Place Lisa Brooks25Gdi-nweninaa: Our Sound, Our Voice Leanne Simpson26Responsible and Ethical Criticisms of Indigenous Literatures Niigaanwewidam JamesSinclair27Final Section Response: Many Communities and the Full Humanity of IndigenousPeople: A Dialogue Kristina Fagan Bidwell and Sam McKegney IV • Contemporary Concerns28 Introduction Daniel Morley Johnson29 Appropriating Guilt:Reconciliation in an Indigenous Canadian Context Deena Rymhs30 Moving beyond ""StockNarratives"" of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women: Reading the Poetry andLife Writing of Sarah de Vries Amber Dean31 ""Go Away, Water!"" KinshipCriticism and the Decolonization Imperative Daniel Heath Justice32 Indigenous Storytelling,Truth-Telling, and Community Approaches to Reconciliation Jeff Corntassel,Chaw-win-is, and T'lakwadzi33 Erotica, Indigenous Style KateriAkiwenzie-Damm34 Doubleweaving Two-SpiritCritiques: Building Alliances Between Native and Queer Studies Qwo-Li Driskill35 Finding Your Voice:Cultural Resurgence and Power in Political Movement Katsisorokwas CurranJacobs36 Final Section Response:From haa-huu-pah to the Decolonization Imperative:Responding to Contemporary Issues Through the TRC Laura Moss V • Classroom Considerations37 Introduction Deanna Reder and Linda M.Morra38 The Hunting andHarvesting of Inuit Literature Keavy Martin39 ""Ought We to TeachThese?"": Ethical, Responsible, and Aboriginal Cultural Protocols in theClassroom MarcAndré Fortin40 Who Is the Text in ThisClass? Story, Archive, and Pedagogy in Indigenous Contexts Warren Cariou41 Teaching IndigenousLiterature as Testimony: Porcupines andChina Dolls and the TestimonialImaginary MichelleCoupal42 ""Betwixt and Between"":Alternative Genres, Languages, and Indigeneity Sarah Henzi43 A Landless Territory?:Augmented Reality, Land, and Indigenous Storytelling in Cyberspace David Gaertner44 Final Section Response:Positioning Knowledges, Building Relationships, Practising Self-Reflection, Collaboratingacross Differences Sophie McCall Works CitedAbout the ContributorsIndex