In Standoff

Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping

Harjo's personal life intertwines with tribal histories to create a space for renewed beginnings

It challenges scholars to add the figure of the elder to their categories for studying religion and urges them to rethink the category of tradition as something fluid rather than fixed

are a stunning literary achievement

Portage Lake: Memories of an Ojibwe Childhood queer studies In StandoffMaude Kegg's memories build a bridge to a time when building birch bark wigwams and harvesting turtles were still part of the everyday life of a native girl in the mid west. In this bilingual book, this elder of the Minnesota Anishinaabe reminisces about her childhood. An English translation of each story appears on pages facing the original Ojibwe text, and the editor John Nicholds has included a full Ojibwe English glossary with study aids.