is the first book of its kind—and urgently necessary

A black-and-white photographic portrait of each elder prefaces each interview

indigenous rights activists Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr

the water spirits known to protect the land

Pauline Johnson

We Are the Stars: Colonizing and Decolonizing the Oceti Sakowin Literary Tradition Seminole is the first book ofAfter centuries of colonization, this important new work recovers the literary record of Oceti Sakowin (historically known to some as the Sioux Nation) women, who served as their tribes' traditional culture keepers and culture bearers. In so doing, it furthers discussions about settler colonialism, literature, nationalism, and gender. Women and land form the core themes of the book, which brings tribal and settler colonial narratives into comparative