Honouring the Blood of the People: Berry Fasting in the Twenty-First Century



Honouring the Blood of the People: Berry Fasting in the Twenty-First Century

The book, Honouring the blood of the people is written by Kin Anderson, who is a writer, and consultant, living in Guelph, Ontario. The author wished to discuss the womanhood, and usually discusses the topics like these in her past literature, as well. The author used the texts about berry fast, which is a puberty ceremony, which has become increasingly popular among the young generation from the indigenous nation in Canada, and the united states of America (Kim, 2000b). The author wanted the girls to celebrate this ceremony as part of their enlightenment, which is needed by the girls. It also gives a lively account of the contemporary revitalization of women's spiritual traditions in the Cree nation. The concept of berry fast is the ground where it is done in order to create the sense of responsibility to the aboriginal women. Berry fast is also termed as the gender right which is based on puberty, the main concept in the context of women is the existence of girls, not as native people or women, but as a native women. It makes them realize the power of creating, where they play an extremely vital role in the creation. However, this can be achieved by the female centered stories through teachings about the sacredness of berry. However, there are two notions where one has been considered as positive notion and another as negative. The positive side is that the girl can now be able to give birth to a new live, another negative notion is the feeling women during the menstruation cycle, as for some young women, their feelings are as if they had met with the “curse”.

The berry fast ...