survivance

plural survivances

1. archaiccountableuncountableSurvival.

   And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longest survivance?

   1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC

2. countableuncountableSurvival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony.

   Joyfully existing as a queer Indigenous person is an act of survivance and reclamation of ancient ways of knowing who we are and how we love.

   2022 June 20, yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective (@yehawshow), post on Instagram

   2 more examples

   One cannot appreciate and experience the power of Native survivance if the stories and memories of our histories are not placed within the context of struggle.

   2011 October 4, Robert W. Preucel, Stephen A. Mrozowski, Contemporary Archaeology in Theory: The New Pragmatism, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 566

   Joy Cedar (she/they) is a Two-Spirited poet, community worker, and visual artist. She incorporates survivance into the heart of her work. They live in Kentucky with their dog.

   2025 04, Rae Garringer, To Belong Here: A New Generation of Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Appalachian Writers, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 87

3. CanadacountableuncountableThe survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
4. countableuncountableSuccession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.

   His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership.

   a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC