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• Love After the End

  An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction

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  A collection of new and emerging writers gathered by Joshua Whitehead, many of these stories begin with what comes after the end. Speculative futures as seen through the eyes of 2SQ writers they show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Indigenous Literatures Matter

  Justice, Daniel Heath

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  Daniel Justice explores the power of storytelling in this text and asks what seems to be a simple question. Why does Indigenous Literature Matter? Indigenous folks matter, our past and present also makes way for a future envisioned by us.

• Rehearsals for Living

  Maynard, Robyn,

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  The conversation between two writers as they experience an end of the world as we knew it. During the pandemic Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson began writing letters in search of kinship and solidarity. The dialogue they share is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moon of the Turning Leaves

  a Novel

  Rice, Waubgeshig, 1979-

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  In this sequel to Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow the story picks back up 12 years after society has fallen apart. In this post apocalyptic world a community of Anishinaabe people have made the bush of Northern Ontario their home and have continued…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Coyote & Crow

  Core Rulebook

  Alexander, Connor

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  This tabletop role playing game takes place in an Indigenous sci-fi setting where colonization never occurred and turtle island has been left to develop on its own after a climate disaster. Explore the setting, culture, technology, and stories you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Me Tomorrow

  Indigenous Views on the Future

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  In order to get to tomorrow we must first imagine what that looks like from a collection of Indigenous voices. First Nations, Metis, and Inuit artists, activists, educators and writers, youth and elders come together to share their visions of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Buffalo Is the New Buffalo

  Stories

  Vowel, Chelsea,

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  The phrase has been education is the new buffalo but Metis author Chelsea Vowel explores an alternative. Even as it seems that there is no place for traditional ways of knowing in our post-apocalyptic times, this speculative fiction suggests that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teeth

  Hunt, Dallas,

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  Poetry grappling with grief, death, and longing Dallas Hunt (Cree) deals with the symptoms of colonization and the impacts it has on Indigenous communities. Yet even as this collection deals with the gristle that lodges itself deep into the gums…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Challenge to Civilization

  Indigenous Wisdom and the Future

  Stonechild, Blair,

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  Dr. Blair Stonechild a member of Muscowpetung First Nation rounds out his trilogy with this final book. In the face of environmental destruction and human-induced climate change Dr. Stonechild illustrates how Indigenous spirituality, wisdom, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Four Faces of the Moon

  Strong, Amanda, 1984-

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  In the Four Faces of the Moon we follow one person’s journey discovering the impacts of colonization that has followed their Métis, Cree, and Anishinaabe ancestors. Through the phases of the moon and guided by these ancestors Spotted Fawn finds the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dancing on Our Turtle's Back

  Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence

  Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971-

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  A short but thought provoking read about what we do now. As we begin again in this age of reconciliation how do we ensure that it is also an age committed to resurgence and regeneration of Indigenous ways of life like Language, politics, philosophy,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The End of This World

  Climate Justice in So-called Canada

  Alook, Angele,

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  Through their combined experience in Indigenous activism, the labor movement, youth climate campaigns, community-engaged scholarship, and independent journalism, these six authors present a roadmap to a livable future where Indigenous sovereignty…Read moreRead more of this annotation