Walking a Tightrope Aboriginal People And Their Representations

The most we can hope for is that we are paraphrased correctly. In this statement, Lenore Keeshig-Tobias underscores one of the main issues in the representation of Aboriginal peoples by non-Aboriginals. Non-Aboriginal people often fail to understand the sheer diversity, multiplicity, and shifting identities of Aboriginal people. As a result, Aboriginal people are often taken out of their own contexts. Walking a Tightrope plays an important role in the dynamic historical process of ongoing change in the representation of Aboriginal peoples. It locates and examines the multiplicity and distinctiveness of Aboriginal voices and their representations, both as they portray themselves and as others have characterized them. In addition to exploring perspectives and approaches to the representation of Aboriginal peoples, it also looks at Native notions of time (history), land, cultures, identities, and literacies. Until these are understood by non- Aboriginals, Aboriginal people will continue to be misrepresented - both as individuals and as groups.McNab, David is the author of 'Walking a Tightrope Aboriginal People And Their Representations', published 2005 under ISBN 9780889204843 and ISBN 0889204845.