We Share Our Matters: Two Centuries of Writing and Resistance at Six Nations of the Grand River

The Haudenosaunee, more commonly known as the Iroquois or Six Nations, have been one of the most widely written-about Indigenous groups in the United States and Canada. But seldom have the voices emerging from this community been drawn on in order to understand its enduring intellectual traditions. Rick Monture's We Share Our Matters offers the first comprehensive portrait of how the Haudenosaunee of the Grand River region have expressed their long struggle for sovereignty in Canada. Drawing from individualsas diverse as Joseph Brant, Pauline Johnson and Robbie Robertson, Monture illuminates a unique Haudenosaunee world view comprised of three distinct features: a spiritual belief about their role and responsibility to the earth; a firm understanding of their sovereign status as a confederacy of independant nations; and their responsibility to maintain those relations for future generations. After more than two centuries of political struggle Haudenosaunee thought has avoided stagnant conservatism and continues to inspire ways to address current social and political realities.

Author: Rick Monture
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Published: 11/28/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780887557675

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/15/2015
Choice 09/01/2015

About the Author
Rick Monture is a member of the Mohawk nation, Turtle clan, from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. He is the Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at McMaster University.