Abstract:By centring lake Abitibi (Abitibi Sakaikan) as a constant referent and by mobilizing what I call "water teachings," this thesis engages water as co-thinker in an effort to tell diverse versions of the lake in the context of settler-colonial occupation. I argue that telling diverse, including Indigenous, versions of the lake is critical to nurturing possibilities for other futures in which the lake -and the people -might live well. I demonstrate how settler-colonialism has reduced Abitibiwinnik access to and ca… Show more
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