Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession

Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of DispossessionSettler colonial studies and Indigenous studies are often assumed to be the same intellectual project. In Indigenomicon, Jodi A. Byrd examines the differences between the two fields by bringing video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Byrd theorizes "the image of the law of the Indigenous" as structuring dispossession in games including Assassin's Creed, Animal

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but no one can agree on where the reserve land ends

one that circles in and out of time and resists dominant narratives or comfortable categorization

the comic turn suddenly tragic

and others through kin spanning generations and cultures

Twice to savor the emotional

The novel absolutely smolders

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Angelique worked as a domestic servant for a Riggs family friend

Blending the seen and unseen

Caldecott Honor–winning illustrator David Shannon brings the journey of Hiawatha and the Peacemaker to life with arresting oil paintings

Not only have bones gone missing