Honoring Elders

Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion

By: Michael D. McNally

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Paperback | 6 August 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined respect for elders. Indeed, the challenges of colonization have served to accentuate eldership in new ways.

Using archival and ethnographic research, Michael D. McNally follows the making of Ojibwe eldership, showing that deference to older women and men is part of a fuller moral, aesthetic, and cosmological vision connected to the ongoing circle of life& mdash;a tradition of authority that has been crucial to surviving colonization. McNally argues that the tradition of authority and the authority of tradition frame a decidedly indigenous dialectic, eluding analytic frameworks of invented tradition and naAve continuity. Demonstrating the rich possibilities of treating age as a category of analysis, McNally provocatively asserts that the elder belongs alongside the priest, prophet, sage, and other key figures in the study of religion.

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This work presents thoughtful philosophical reflections on the very idea of tradition...the author offers refreshing insights... highly recommended. Choice A terrifically thought-provoking study of what honoring elders means. -- Heid E. Erdrich The Circle An excellent resource for scholars studying aging, eldership, or the Anishinaabe people. -- Shelly E. V. Nixon Religious Studies Review This is an extraordinarily fascinating book; an insightful and scholarly exploration of Native American attitudes toward aging and eldership. -- James Woodward Reviews in Religion & Theology Honoring Elders will prove an important foundational springboard for future studies on eldership to come. -- Cary Miller American Indian Quarterly

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Ethnic Studies Indigenous Peoples Family & Health Coping with / Advice about Personal, Social & Health Topics Coping with Old Age / Advice about Ageing Social & Cultural Aspects of Religious Groups Religion & Beliefs Other Non-Christian Religions Sociology & Anthropology

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List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
Aging and the Life Cycle Imagined in Ojibwe Tradition and Lived in History	p. 42
Eldership, Respect, and the Sacred Community	p. 82
Elders as Grandparents and Teachers	p. 124
Elders Articulating Tradition	p. 159
The Sacralization of Eldership	p. 230
The Shape of Wisdom	p. 280
Notes	p. 315
Bibliography	p. 355
Index	p. 365
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