As we have always done : indigenous freedom through radical resistance / Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971- author.

Series:

Indigenous Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nishnawbe-Aski Nation.

Ojibwa Indians--Politics and government.

Ojibwa Indians.

Ojibwa Indians--Canada--Government relations.

Ojibwa Indians--Government relations.

Canada.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Across North America, indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the removal of federal protections for forests and waterways in indigenous lands, halted the expansion of tar sands extraction and the pipeline construction at Standing Rock, and demanded justice for murdered and missing indigenous women. In As We Have Always Done, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson locates indigenous political resurgence as a practice rooted in uniquely indigenous theorizing, writing, organizing, and thinking. Indigenous resistance is a radical rejection of contemporary colonialism focused around refusing the dispossession of indigenous bodies and land. Simpson makes clear that the resistance's goal can no longer be cultural resurgence as a mechanism for inclusion in a multicultural mosaic. Instead, she calls for unapologetic, place-based indigenous alternatives to the destructive logics of the settler colonial state, including heteropatriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nishnaabeg brilliance as radical resurgence theory

Kwe as resurgent method

The attempted dispossession of kwe

Nishnaabeg internationalism

Nishnaabeg anticapitalism

Endlessly creating our indigenous selves

The sovereignty of indigenous peoples' bodies

Indigenous queer normativity

Land as pedagogy

"I see your light": reciprocal recognition and generative refusal

Embodied resurgent practice and coded disruption

Constellations of coresistance

Conclusion: toward radical resurgent struggle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Simpson, Leanne, 1971- author. As we have always done

ISBN:

9781517903862

1517903866

OCLC:

982091807