NARRATIVAS INDÍGENAS SOBRE O FIM E O SONHO DE FUTUROS POSSÍVEIS EM THE MARROW THIEVES (2017), DE CHERIE DIMALINE

Abstract

"The end of the world" or "apocalypse" are ideas that introduced by Judo-Christian thought and biblical narratives, and point to an idea of future according to Eurocentric time linearity. In this article, we propose to listen to other forms of knowledge as instigated by Eduardo Viveiros de Castro in Metafísicas canibais (2018) to investigate how Indigenous epistemologies can offer perspectives that dislocate our spacetime axis and transcend the Eurocentric rational logic. We approach discussions about the end of the world by Indigenous authors Ailton Krenak, Davi Kopenawa, Daniel Munduruku and Drew Hayden Taylor to analyze the Canadian novel The marrow thieves (2017), by Métis author Cherie Dimaline. The novel indigenizes genres such as post-apocalyptic fiction and cli-fi as it incorporates Indigenous traditional forms of construction of knowledge, such as dreaming and storytelling, in a defense of possible futures for Indigenous peoples and the planet.