4 All My Relations
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- When I was a young child, my grandfather created a conference called "For All My Relations." Thousands of Native American people, traveling from over 200 reservations, flooded the conference hall in pursuit of learning how to best fight for tribal sovereignty, human rights, and land back. It was at this time I understood the importance of identifying as Indian, in addition to my own tribal designation. One tribe alone could not accomplish the work that must be done to better the lives of Native American people. Indian, as a generalized identity, allowed us to rally behind a shared cause, purpose, and value system, in turn giving us the strength to turn American imperialism and capitalism on its head. Despite the value in this generalized identity, it has come to my attention that as the Indian identity is taken in absence of ones' tribal community, ancestral land claims, diverse voices, and tribal visbility by designation are being silenced. This magazine seeks to interrogate this issue, as well as find answers as to how we can assume Indian identity while managing to maintain our own specific tribal identities, cultures, governments, and pursuits for land back. Identity forms and exists in its relationship with others. Before European contact, Native American's identities were formed through tribal and cultural differences. The Indian identity began to form as colonizers raped and pillaged both our people and land. This identity is the key to resisting institutional racism and is necessary for the unity of our people. Though we must assume this secondary identity in order to successfully organize our people, we must not forget that there are over 574 tribal nations in the United States and their individual cultures and identities. This magazine is written about California Indians and their relationship with pan-Indianism, but this body of work is to be read by all as this long fight we embark on is one that includes ALL MY RELATIONS.
Description
| Type of resource | mixed material, still image, text |
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| Date created | December 8, 2022 |
| Publication date | June 15, 2023; June 14, 2023 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Lim, Jayden |
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Subjects
| Subject | Native American, Identity, Sovereignty, Indian, Art, Activism |
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| Genre | Mixed materials |
| Genre | Image |
| Genre | Portfolio |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Student project report |
| Genre | Portfolios |
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- Lim, J. (2023). 4 All My Relations. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/sc795rt9905. https://doi.org/10.25740/sc795rt9905.
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Stanford University, Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Senior Papers
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- jaylim@stanford.edu
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