Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native North America

Inscribing Sovereignties: Writing Community in Native North AmericaBefore European settlers arrived in North America, more than 300 distinct languages were being spoken among the continent's Indigenous peoples. But the Euro American emphasis on alphabetic literacy has historically hidden the power and influence of Indigenous verbal and nonverbal language diversity on encounters between Indigenous North Americans and settlers. In this pathbreaking work, Phillip H. Round reveals how Native North Americans sparked a

Waynaboozhoo and the search for his father

imaginative responses to an uncertain

At age twenty-eight

Based on the childhood experiences of her son

readers get a wicked glimpse into the genre of Indigenous Horror – a combination of First Nations legends

was one of the first ethnologists to specialize in the study of American Indian music and culture

author of I Contain Multitudes

even stereotypes

which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist

with answers to nearly 100 questions

Indigenous Rhymes argues that Indigenous people use hip hop culture to assert their sovereignty and challenge settler colonialism

“calm in the storm / master basho soaks his feet /water striders