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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Indigenous AmericasPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 312 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781517903862
  • 1517903866
  • 9781517903879
  • 1517903874
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : my radical resurgent present -- 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.
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."--Dust jacket.
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Winner: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Best Subsequent Book 2017
Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 2017


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 the refusal of the dispossession of both Indigenous bodies and land. Simpson makes clear that its 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-281) and index.

Introduction : my radical resurgent present -- 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.

"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."--Dust jacket.

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