ENGL 164: Indigenous Literature: Wonderworks

Indigenous Literatures - Essays & Theory

The Sasquatch at Home: Traditional Protocols & Modern Storytelling by Eden Robinson
Call Number: PS 8585 O35 Z78 2011
Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literatures by Deanna Reder and Linda M. Morra
Call Number: PS 8089.5 I6 L42 2016
Story Keepers by Jennifer David
Call Number: PS 8089.5 I6 D38 2005

Suggested search terms

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Speculative fiction + Indigenous authors
Speculative fiction OR science fiction + First Nations authors
Science fiction + Canadian
Speculative fiction + Native authors
Indigenous futurism
Wonderworks
Magic realism + Indigenous authors
Indigenous peoples + fiction
Short stories + Canadian

Online Sources

This Place: 150 years retold Podcast (11 episodes)
The Historical Natives
by Mackenzie Taylor & Josef Stafford, a Victoria BC based, horror-themed podcast where they tell tales about chilling creatures from Indigenous oral histories.
Strange Horizons: Super Indigenous Issue
Strange Horizons: Decolonizing Science Fiction and Imagining Futures: an Indigenous Futurisms Roundtable
Strange Horizon Podcast: Indigenous SF Poetry
In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents poetry from the Indigenous SF special.

Books

Walking the Clouds by Grace L. Dillon (Editor)
Call Number: PS 648 S3 W35 2012
Mitêwâcimowina : indigenous science fiction and speculative storytelling by Neal McLeod (editor)
Call Number: PS 8323 S3 M58 2016
Love Beyond Body Space & Time by Hope Nicholson (editor)
Call Number: PS 8323 S3 L68 2016
Love after the End: An Anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead, 2020
Joshua Whitehead, 2020
E-book and in print: PN 6120.92 G39 L68 2020

Graphic Novels

This Place by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, et al., 2019
Book & E-book available. This is also a Podcast on CBC.
Red by Michael Yahgulanaas
Sovereign Traces, Volume 2 by Elizabeth LaPensée (Editor)

Not (just) (an)other: Sovereign traces; volume 1

Wonderworks and Criticism

A Sampling of Indigenous Wonderworks and Criticism: List compiled by Daniel Heath Justice
Reflecting on Indigenous Worlds, Indigenous Futurisms and Artificial Intelligence Ambelin Kwaymullina
Reflecting on Indigenous superheroes, Indigenous Futurisms and the future of diversity in literature - Ambelin Kwaymullina
Contemporary Indigenous Authorship: Indigenous Futurisms
Research Guide from the University of Washington Library providing Indigenous Futurisms links related to art, music, video, fashion, and more.

Film and DVD's

Camosun Library has a large collection of DVD's and streaming media, check out:

Comics

Just for fun

Indigenous Futurism Mixtape
on Soundcloud
A Tribe Called Geek
All Indigenerdity, all the time.
Métis in Space
Hilarious reviews of Sci-fi films, TV episodes & more from a decolonial, and possibly tipsy, perspective.
Visual Cultures of Indigenous Futurisms
GUTS Magazine

CBC Unreserved with Rosanna Deerchild - Interview with Grace Dillon, "From growing medicine to space rockets: What is Indigenous futurism?"

Speculative Fiction by People of Color
Includes flowchart of 100+ books and links to female-authored speculative fiction and speculative fiction audio dramas.
Guide to Indigenous Language Apps

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Subjects: English & Communication Studies, Indigenous Studies