Episode 63: What is Indigenous Futurism?
Cover detail from Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning (Saga Press)
Stories about indigenous people in the Americas often focus on the past, as if there aren't hundreds of indigenous communities alive today. We talk to author Rebecca Roanhorse and journalist Julian Brave NoiseCat about the movement to explore the indigenous future, in science fiction and activism.
Notes, citations, & etc.
Rebecca Roanhorse, “Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience”
Julian Brave NoiseCat, “The Standing Rock Generation is Changing the World”
Grace Dillon, Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction
Captain Kirk was named after Captain Cook
Gerald Vizenor, who coined the term “survivance”
Taika Waititi
“Allow Us to Explain” segment:
Fritz Leiber, Our Lady of Darkness
Annalee Newitz, “Unclaimed,” available in the EFF anthology Pwning Tomorrow
Boots Riley
Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
Mrs. America
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