survivance

Meanings

1. Survival.
2. Survival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony.
3. The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
4. Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.

Etymology

From French survivance. In reference to Native Americans, sometimes alternatively interpreted as a blend of survival + resistance.