Indigiqueer Perspectives
Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight Series
The Winter 2024 Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight edition highlights Indigiqueer, Two-Spirit, and LGBTQIA+ perspectives across genres of poetry, memoir, correspondence, short fiction, and academic texts. These authors and their works represent a variety of nations, communities, and intersections of identities and offer a starting point for further learning about the intersections between Indigeneity and queerness more broadly. Previous iterations of the Indigenous Authors in the Spotlight series are linked at the bottom of this page and in our Zotero bibliography.
Thank you to Rudi Aker, Indigenous Student Librarian 2023-2025 at Concordia Library, for conceptualizing, creating and curating this collection.
Indigiqueerness: A Conversation About Storytelling
Joshua Whitehead, in dialogue with Angie Abdou
2023
A reflective combination of dialogue and prose exploring life and queer identity.
Rehearsals for Living
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Robyn Maynard
2022
A collaborative correspondence reflecting on Black and Indigenous feminisms, solidarity, and kinship.
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder
Ma-Nee Chacaby
2016
A powerful memoir of self-discovery and resilience from Ojibwa-Cree elder, Ma-Nee Chacaby.
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
Various / Joshua Whitehead (Ed.)
2020
An anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction from both established and emerging writers across Turtle Island.
The Dawnhounds
Sascha Stronach
2022
Book one of The Endsong series, a queer, Maori-inspired fantasy trilogy.
Buffalo is the New Buffalo
Chelsea Vowel
2022
A collection of speculative fiction short stories interrogating genre tropes from a Métis perspecitive.
Green Fuse Burning
Tiffany Morris
2023
A debut novella delving into themes of life, death, connection, and loss.
Billy-Ray Belcourt
2022
The debut novel from Billy-Ray Belcourt highlighting contemporary queer Indigenous experiences.
disintegrate/dissociate
Arielle Twist
2019
An award-winning poetry collection reflectioning on love, kinship, and transformation.
Kiskajeyi (I Am Ready)
Michelle Sylliboy
2019
A exploration of poetry and L'nuk hieroglyphics from artist and writer, Michelle Sylliboy.
Critically Sovereign: Indigenous Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Various authors
2017
An exploration of the connections between Indigenous expressions of gender and sexuality as forces of sovereignty and self-determination.
Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical interventions in theory, politics, and literature
Various authors
2011
A multidisciplinary anthology examining queerness, Indigeneity, and the intersections of identites.
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.