#indigenousliterature

[sistahscifi]

🌌✨ Happy Pub Day to two groundbreaking collections reshaping the future of Indigenous Futurism and Afrofuturism! ✨🌌

📖 Beyond the Glittering World: An Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms

Edited by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Kinsale Drake, and Dr. Darcie Little Badger, with a foreword by Natalie Diaz, this stunning collection gathers 22 Indigenous voices envisioning worlds of resilience, love, rebellion, and transformation.

📖 Afrofuturism Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)

Co-edited by Isis Asare and Dr. Sandra M. Grayson and foreword by Nisi Shawl, this anthology celebrates Black imagination across time and space, exploring liberation, technology, and power through visionary storytelling. Together, they map the multiverse of BIPOC futures — bold, brilliant, and beautifully necessary.

💫 Available now at www.sistahscifi.com or your favorite #locallibrary.

Today, we highlight the Vine Deloria, Jr. Library of the @smithsoniannmai and @schomburgcenter!

[urbannativegirl]

Some books are meant to be read, to be savoured, exactly when the time feels right. I'm so grateful for having some downtime this winter season to be able to catch up on some #IndigenousReads that have been on my list for a hot minute. This year I've had the great opportunity to read both @tanyatagaq & @bev_sellars_ books. Next up Alicia Elliott. Share with me what's next on your #IndigenousReads wishlist ... . . . #IndigenousReads #IndigenousLiterature #IndigenousLit #IndigenousWomen #IndigenousWomenAuthors #IndigenousWomenRise #IndigenousRISE #IndigenousWisdom #IndigenousGirlReads . . #WinterReading #WinterReads (at Williams Lake, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B844JN4FL25/?igshid=je6otwx8kfal

[stineographer]

Nsimtaana shaa nshwaaswi

-written by Laura Kooji

-published in her latest collection, “No Rainbow”

In a liminal dream place where I’m not here or there.

I was walking along the water’s edge.

Not in the city and not in the bush.

In the tall, tall grass I found a band that came from a headdress.

No feathers, and it wasn’t real.

I left it there.

I didn’t want to touch it.

I kept walking. 

Wondering why and how it got there.

I kept walking and wondering.

Along the shore, for four seasons.

I walked through colourful leaves and red whip.

I walked through glittering ice and snow.

I walked through mud and crisp air.

I walked in the bright heat of the sun.

Something caught my eye and I looked down.

On the rocks washed up on the shore.

The rest of this headdress.

Heavy with a beaded mask attached.

You know, for a dramatic effect.

Someone’s ‘spirit creature’.

A costume show for their new age friends.

This time I wasn’t afraid to touch it.

It had to be taken off the face of Mashkiki Kwe.

It’s green, blue iridescent beads.

I would reclaim and restore.

Smudge them, boil them, lay them under the moon.

I’d turn them into something beautiful.

Something I could be proud of, to not feel disgust and rage.

Something that would not be worn in a frenzy of theft and consumption.

Something that wouldn’t be thrown away without care.

Something that wouldn’t be burdened to Mashkiki Kwe.

I would stitch my people’s dignity back together.

I would stitch to show my love to Mashkiki Kwe.

I would stitch through seasons and places.

Here and there.

Somewhere and nowhere.

I would bead and be something real.

[maiarkittenoz]

Post spending the Hobart Book Shop voucher from the parental, my Christmas book haul! The essay collection Indigenous Women’s Voices was from my youngest brother and the Murderbot novella and the poetry collection by an indigenous poet were what I picked out from Mum & Dad. #bookstagram #indigenousliterature #scifi (at Ngunnawal Country) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm6CWEPrXvT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[msminjaz]

The next (super appropriate and spooky) Kickstarter read. . . . . . #indigenousbooks #indigenousliterature #indigenouscomics #kickstarter https://www.instagram.com/p/CkXVuR4ubeC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[msminjaz]

The current Kickstarter read: _The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories_. . . . . . #thewomaninthewoods #indigenousbooks #indigenousliterature #indigenouscomics https://www.instagram.com/p/CkFT0P7Obz7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[msminjaz]

The light is dying but here we go! #ledfeather #stephengrahamjones #indigenousbooks #indigenousliterature https://www.instagram.com/ms.minjaz/p/CYpg8xLp1ax/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thefeministbibliothecary]

Today is the National Day For Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. One way to acknowledge the horrible crimes Canada has committed against Indigenous people in the form of residential schools is to learn more and to support Indigenous authors' books about it. Be sure to follow Indigenous people on social media and support their works directly. I'm working on a longer resource list, but in the meantime, these are some of the books you can grab. -Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story by David Alexander Robertson, art by Scott B. Henderson -Phyllis's Orange Shirt by Phyllis Webstad, art by Brock Nicol -Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by Monique Gray Smith -Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, art by Liz Amini-Holmes #orangeshirtday #truthandreconciliation #residentialschools #indigenousreads #indigenousliterature #reading #books #booksofinsta #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #nonfictionbooks #comics #picturebook#kidlit https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdv2zcr77_/?utm_medium=tumblr