Nitawahsin Nanni and Disrupting Journeys

Abstract

Nitawahsin Nanni

written by Michelle Yeo, as explained by Gabrielle Lindstrom:

Nitawashin Nanni means the land

but also          

how

you are participating in the land

and with the land--

how you

are a part of it.

It is your

relationship

to the land, encompassing

how you interact                                 with the land

land not

as a noun, but              what you are doing.

The land is you

and

you are participating in it.

Land is a body

Land is a body

of which you are part--

this is hard.

But the grasping

       creates ethical space,

        as Willy Ermine says.

This is hard to understand: the land is a body,

but the land is also you,

and you are participating together.

Try to understand.

Nitawashin Nanni.