Please join us on March 17th at 5:00pm in Nozhem Theatre or via Zoom through this registration: https://tinyurl.com/pinetreetalk for a Pine Tree Talk with Lindsay Borrows on the topic of “The Voice of the Land is in Our Language: Admiring the Webs of Anishinaabe Law, Lands and Language”
Anishinaabemowin (the Anishinaabe language) has developed over many generations in a dynamic relationship with the Lands and waters of the Great Lakes region. This talk will explore how the voice of places like Nogojiwanong is entangled with Anishinaabemowin, and how this in turn informs Anishinaabe law. Together we will learn about contemporary written Anishinaabe Constitutions, Manoomin (wild rice) declarations, and maple sugar harvesting guidelines to admire the entangled web of language, Land and law as we strive to live mino-bimaadiziwin, the good life.
Bio:
Lindsay Borrows is an Assistant Professor at Queen’s University, Faculty of Law, where she teaches special topics in the field of Indigenous law. Previously she worked as a lawyer and researcher at the Indigenous Law Research Unit (University of Victoria Faculty of Law), and as a staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law. In both positions she provided legal support to Indigenous communities and organizations engaged in the revitalization of their own laws for application in contemporary contexts. She has worked on community-engaged projects with different legal traditions including Anishinaabe, Denezhu, Haíɫzaqv, Nlaka’pamux, nuučaan̓uł, St’át’imc, Syilx and Tsilhqot’in. She is particularly passionate about the possibilities within land-based legal education, and since 2014 she has co-facilitated various ‘on-the-land’, community-engaged Anishinaabe Law Camps in partnership with different law schools and communities across Ontario. Her book Otter’s Journey Through Indigenous Language and Law (UBC Press, 2018) explores the connections between language and law. Lindsay is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation.