Indigenous Feminisms
Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight Series
Our Spring/Summer 2020 spotlight shines on authors engaging with, and challenging, a wide range of feminist perspectives. Featured works include single-authored monographs, edited books, journal articles and even a podcast. Our highlighted entries focus on authors from all across what is now known as North America, ranging from the Aleut Community of St. Paul Island to the Star Blanket Cree Nation, the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and the Six Nations of the Grand River, to name but a few. Yet they still represent only the smallest sampling of works in this area of study. Browse our Zotero bibliography to find many more examples of feminisms, and scroll down to see our past spotlights.
Making space for Indigenous feminism
Essays by Gina Starblanket, Verna St. Denis, Emma LaRocque, Diedre A. Desmarais, more.
Nîtisânak
Memoir spanning nations, prairie punk scenes, queer love stories. Relevant for feminisms, social justice, more.
Keetsahnak
Stories of resilience, resistance, and activism.
Decolonizing Feminism
Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism & Heteropatriarchy
#NotYourPrincess
Voices of young women making themselves heard and demanding change.
Critically Sovereign
Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women's Coming-Of-Age Ceremonies
Therapeutic Nations
Critique of violence against women as a language within a greater politic of neoliberalism and colonialism.
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Personal and critical meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America.
Indigenous Women & Feminism
Feminisms explored through the lenses of politics, activism & culture.
Feminism for Real
Deconstructing the Academic Industrial Complex of Feminism
All My Relations Podcast
Episode #1 feature: Indigenous Feminisms
Mark my Words
An examination of literature remapping settler geographies & centering Indigenous knowledges.
I am Woman
A Native Perspective on Sociology & Feminism
Holding our World Together
Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community
The Fourth World
Indigenous women's unique experiences of gender oppression, racism, feminism.
Restoring the balance
First Nations women, community, and culture
Being Again of One Mind
Oneida Women and the Struggle for Decolonization
Thank you to Mitchell Moncur for valuable assistance in putting together this collection.
About the Series
The Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight Series aims to support and promote Indigenous authors and artists by featuring some of the Library's materials with Indigenous content, specifically focusing on works by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit authors and artists.