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Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit

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Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit

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This article examines Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit Women’s Issue as a landmark collective articulation of Indigenous feminist and ecofeminist thought, foregrounding Native American women’s survivance through literary, autobiographical, and visual materials. Bringing together Indigenous women from diverse tribal, geographic, and social backgrounds, the issue functions not merely as an anthology but as a collective narrative practice grounded in relational worldviews shaped by shared histories of colonial violence and ongoing struggles for cultural continuity. Despite its formal diversity, the contributions converge around a coherent set of thematic concerns, most notably land, kinship, resistance, and healing. Central to this shared discourse is land, which emerges as both a material and spiritual foundation of Indigenous identity. It is represented not as property or backdrop but as a living presence that structures memory, belonging, and resistance, aligning the collection with Indigenous epistemologies that refuse Western separations between nature, culture, and the human. Through Indigenous ecofeminist perspectives, environmental destruction is framed as inseparable from colonial, patriarchal, and racialized violence, constituting an assault on Indigenous existence itself. Closely connected to land is an emphasis on family and kinship, particularly the role of mothers and grandmothers as carriers of cultural memory and ethical knowledge, through whom survivance is enacted as an intergenerational and communal process. Drawing on Gerald Vizenor’s concept of survivance and Greta Gaard’s ecofeminist critique of interlocking systems of domination, the article argues that A Gathering of Spirit articulates an active, self-determined Indigenous presence that resists narratives of disappearance, tragedy, and victimhood. By centering women as protectors of land, culture, and life, the issue expands survivance into a collective Indigenous feminist practice grounded in reciprocity, care, and relational responsibility, securing its ongoing relevance for Indigenous feminist, ecofeminist, and decolonial literary studies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

indigenous women, survivance, ecofeminism, land-based knowledge, A Gathering of Spirit

Kaynakça

  1. Awiakta, Marilou. (1983). “Amazons in Appalachia”. In B. Brant (Ed.), Sinister Wisdom (Nos. 22/23), A Gathering of Spirit: North American Indian Women’s Issue. (pp. 111–120).
  2. Brant, Beth. (1983). “Introduction”. In B. Brant (Ed.), Sinister Wisdom (Nos. 22/23), A Gathering of Spirit: North American Indian Women’s Issue. (pp. 5–10).
  3. Gaard, Greta. (1993). “Living Interconnections with Animals and Nature”. In G. Gaard (Ed.), Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature (pp. 1–12). Temple University Press.
  4. Gunn Allen, Paula. (1986). The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions. Boston, MA: Beacon Press.
  5. Hogan, Linda. (1983). “This Land”. In B. Brant (Ed.), Sinister Wisdom (Nos. 22/23), A Gathering of Spirit: North American Indian Women’s Issue. (p. 8).
  6. Hogan, Linda. (1995). Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. W. W. Norton & Company.
  7. LaDuke, Winona. (1983). “An interview with Winona LaDuke”. In B. Brant (Ed.), Sinister Wisdom (Nos. 22/23), A Gathering of Spirit: North American Indian Women’s Issue. (pp. 54–56).
  8. LaDuke, Winona. (1999). All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life. South End Press.
  9. Lajimodiere, Denise K. 2013. “American Indian Females and Stereotypes: Warriors, Leaders, Healers, Feminists; Not Drudges, Princesses, Prostitutes.” Multicultural Perspectives 15 (2): (pp. 104-109).
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Kaynak Göster

APA
Komut Bakınç, S. (2026). Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, 11(1), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409
AMA
1.Komut Bakınç S. Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit. Söylem. 2026;11(1):221-235. doi:10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409
Chicago
Komut Bakınç, Sultan. 2026. “Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit”. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi 11 (1): 221-35. https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409.
EndNote
Komut Bakınç S (01 Mart 2026) Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi 11 1 221–235.
IEEE
[1]S. Komut Bakınç, “Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit”, Söylem, c. 11, sy 1, ss. 221–235, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409.
ISNAD
Komut Bakınç, Sultan. “Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit”. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi 11/1 (01 Mart 2026): 221-235. https://doi.org/10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409.
JAMA
1.Komut Bakınç S. Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit. Söylem. 2026;11:221–235.
MLA
Komut Bakınç, Sultan. “Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit”. Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, c. 11, sy 1, Mart 2026, ss. 221-35, doi:10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409.
Vancouver
1.Sultan Komut Bakınç. Ecofeminist Survivance and Land-Based Knowledge in Sinister Wisdom 22/23: A Gathering of Spirit. Söylem. 01 Mart 2026;11(1):221-35. doi:10.29110/soylemdergi.1853409