Mapping Neshnabé futurity : celestial currents of sovereignty in Potawatomi skies, lands, and waters / Blaire Morseau and Grace L. Dillon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morseau, Blaire, author.

Dillon, Grace L., author.

Series:

Critical issues in indigenous studies.

Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potawatomi Indians--Social life and customs.

Potawatomi Indians.

Potawatomi Indians--Intellectual life.

Indian philosophy--Great Lakes Region (North America).

Indian philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Mapping Neshnabe Futurity is an essential read that offers a rethinking of how we conceive of futurity and sovereignty. Morseau's interdisciplinary approach, blending anthropological research with literary critique, shows how counter-mapping projects both on the ground and in the skies reclaim space in the Great Lakes region-Neshnabe homelands-and are part of Anishinaabe/Neshnabe communities' constellations of Indigenous futurities and stories of survivance"-- Provided by publisher.

"In Mapping Neshnabe Futurity Blaire Morseau weaves together on-the-ground insights and Indigenous speculative fiction to illustrate the profound ways in which Anishinaabe/Neshnabe (Potawatomi, Odawa, and Ojibwe) communities are reclaiming their sovereignty and crafting vibrant futures. Morseau lays out how Neshnabek have marshaled dissent to hydrologic fracturing, oil pipelines, and other damaging infrastructures of capitalist settler futurity. The book positions these efforts as vital acts of nation building and visionary reclamation of space, both terrestrial and celestial. Morseau also challenges the hegemonic narratives of settler futurism found in mainstream science fiction, which often perpetuate colonial fantasies and exclude marginalized voices. By fusing ethnography of tribal nation-building projects and analysis of Indigenous speculative fiction, Morseau provides a path to Indigenous futurisms and its role in imagining decolonization. Morseau's analysis underscores the potency of Indigenous knowledge systems and ceremonial practices in imagining and actualizing alternative futures"-- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Introduction: wayfinding

1. Neshnabe Ke: indigenous landscape, memory, and meaning

2. Keno'magewen: native science and ways of knowing

3. Mendokaswen: ecology and spiritual doings

4. Bkanathmownen: indigenous science fiction and Neshnabe futurity

Conclusion: Neshnabe futurisms.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816553150

0816553157

OCLC:

1512320149