{"id":793,"date":"2025-01-09T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians25thanniversary\/?page_id=793"},"modified":"2025-02-14T13:42:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T18:42:34","slug":"volume-23-issue-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-23-issue-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume 23, Number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Volume 23, Number 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 1: Marilyn James&#8217;s reading of &#8220;The Contemporary Origins of Smum\u2019iem Matriarchy in Sinixt T\u0259mx\u02b7\u00fala\u0294x\u02b7&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-24-at-11.27.06\u202fAM-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3236\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Smumiem-Meridians.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/23\/1\/259\/386315\/The-Contemporary-Origins-of-Smum-iem-Matriarchy-in\">The Contemporary Origins of Smum\u2019iem Matriarchy in Sinixt T\u0259mx\u02b7\u00fala\u0294x\u02b7<\/a>&#8220;, Sarah Beauchamp transcribed Sinixt Matriarch Marilyn James&#8217;s discussion of Smum&#8217;iem, the matriarchal governing body of the Sinixt Peoples. Marilyn James has been a spokesperson for the Sinixt Nation in Canada since the 1990s. James discusses the upholding of traditions in Sinixt T\u0259mx\u02b7\u00fala\u0294x\u02b7. She spoke of the responsibility of being a Matriarch, preserving traditional practices, navigating this position in a patriarchal world, and her hope for the resurgence of matriarchy. Here, James reads this transcription, and through this speech, we can better understand the passion and care of the matriarchy. Listening to this recording additionally embodies Sinxit traditions of storytelling and oral history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 2: \u201cThe \u2018Grandmother\u2019&nbsp; of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita\u2014Film Is Her Patu&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen | Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ApGYLkmpT0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/23\/1\/156\/386326\/The-Grandmother-of-Indigenous-Filmmaking-in-New\">The \u2018Grandmother\u2019&nbsp; of Indigenous Filmmaking in New Zealand: Merata Mita\u2014Film Is Her Patu,<\/a>&#8221;&nbsp; Denise Schallenkammer highlights the importance of Indigenous cinema, exploring Merata Mita&#8217;s works as a M\u0101ori filmmaker during the 1970s and 1980s and their contribution to Indigenous cinema and filmmaking. Schallenkammer discusses the film &#8220;Merata: How Mum Decolonised the Screen&#8221; (2019), which described Mita&#8217;s personal life, career, and activism through the eyes of her son. This film provides great insight into her work and struggles as a M\u0101ori filmmaker, granting watchers more insight into the topics Schallenkammer discussed in her work, specifically surrounding visual storytelling as a continuation of non-literary heritage, the creation of Patu! (1983), and advocacy related to the inclusiveness of indigenous filmmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-24-at-11.29.36\u202fAM-2-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3247\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/254\/2024\/04\/Screenshot-2024-04-24-at-11.29.28\u202fAM-2-1024x709.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3248\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4452214452214451;width:437px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 3: Yael Valencia Aldana reads poem, &#8220;Open Your Mouth&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yael Aldana reads poem, &quot;Open Your Mouth&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fIXRrRpVEpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, poet, writer, and artist, <a href=\"https:\/\/yaelaldana.com\/\">Yael Valencia Aldana<\/a> reads her poem, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/23\/1\/51\/386318\/Open-Your-Mouth\">Open Your Mouth<\/a>.&#8221; The reading is accompanied by the showcasing of an original painting by Aldana also titled &#8220;Open Your Mouth.&#8221; This painting is the cover art for Aldana&#8217;s forthcoming book Black Mestiza (UPK 2025),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentuckypress.com\/9781985901247\/black-mestiza\/\">now available for pre-sale<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-22-number-2\/\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/\">Back to &#8220;On the Line&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-23-issue-2\/\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 23, Number 1 Feature 1: Marilyn James&#8217;s reading of &#8220;The Contemporary Origins of Smum\u2019iem Matriarchy in Sinixt T\u0259mx\u02b7\u00fala\u0294x\u02b7&#8221; In &#8220;The Contemporary Origins of Smum\u2019iem Matriarchy in Sinixt T\u0259mx\u02b7\u00fala\u0294x\u02b7&#8220;, Sarah Beauchamp transcribed Sinixt Matriarch Marilyn James&#8217;s discussion of Smum&#8217;iem, the matriarchal governing body of the Sinixt Peoples. 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