Full Description
The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life. In Drawing Out Law, John Borrows (Kegedonce) skillfully juxtaposes Canadian legal policy and practice with the more broadly defined Anishinabek perception of law as it applies to community life, nature, and individuals. This innovative work combines fictional and non-fictional elements in a series of connected short stories that symbolize different ways of Anishinabek engagement with the world. Drawing on oral traditions, pictographic scrolls, dreams, common law case analysis, and philosophical reflection, Borrows' narrative explores issues of pressing importance to the future of indigenous law and offers readers new ways to think about the direction of Canadian law. Shedding light on Canadian law and policy as they relate to Indigenous peoples, Drawing Out Law illustrates past and present moral agency of Indigenous peoples and their approaches to the law and calls for the renewal of ancient Ojibway teaching in contemporary circumstances. This is a major work by one of Canada's leading legal scholars, and an essential companion to Canada's Indigenous Constitution.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PART IDAEBAUJIMOOT...8CHAPTER TWO: W'AUD-ISSOOKAE...28CHAPTER THREE: PAUWAUWAEWIN...46CHAPTER FOUR: DAEB-AWAEWIN...72Part II: NEEBINIndividuals: The Second HillCHAPTER FIVE: PAUGUK...107CHAPTER SIX: AUD-WAUDJIMOOWIN...129CHAPTER SEVEN: ANIMIKEEK & MISHI-BIZHEU...141CHAPTER EIGHT: W'PISHEBAUBEE-AUSHIH...158Part III: TIKWAUKIKInstitutions: The Third HillCHAPTER NINE: AUGOONAET-WAENDUMOOWIN...172CHAPTER TEN: ASHAWA-MUNISSOOWIN...201CHAPER ELEVEN: MAEMAEGAWAHSESSIWUK...218CHAPTER TWELVE: ISKUGAEWIN...232 Part IV: BEEBON Ideas: The Fourth HillCHAPTER THIRTEEN: MAUZ-AUBINDUMOOWIN...259CHAPTER FOURTEEN: AUNAGWAUM-IZIWIN...273CHAPTER FIFTEEN: WINDIGOS...296CHAPTER SIXTEEN: CHEEBY-AKEENG...312
