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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer and artist, who has been widely recognized as one of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation. Her work breaks open the intersections between politics, story and song—bringing audiences into a rich and layered world of sound, light, and sovereign creativity.

Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, Leanne has lectured and taught extensively at universities across Canada and the United States and has twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She holds a PhD from the University of Manitoba, and teaches at the Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning in Denendeh.

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Theory of Ice

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Theory of Ice is a powerful act of world-building and creative sovereignty by Michi Saagig Nishnaabeg writer, scholar, and musician Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Theory Of Ice is the result of an ongoing practice in the poetics and aesthetics of musical relationship, the material originating in written poetry (published in Noopiming!), and worked into surprising, richly organ Read more of this blog post »

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	Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs 4.35 avg rating — 2,665 ratings — published 2013 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories 4.14 avg rating — 1,691 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies 4.29 avg rating — 1,525 ratings — published 2020 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance 4.61 avg rating — 777 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence 4.51 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gift Is in the Making: Anishinaabeg Stories by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Goodreads Author), Amanda Strong (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin 4.45 avg rating — 110 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lighting the Eighth Fire: The Liberation, Resurgence, and Protection of Indigenous Nations by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Greg Sark (Contributor), Taiaiake Alfred (Contributor) 4.56 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is an Honour Song: Twenty Years Since the Blockades by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kiera L. Ladner (Editor) 4.52 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“… settler colonialism will always define the issues with a solution that reentrenches its own power.”
― Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance

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“there are a couple of problems with being twenty-two but you don't know about them yet, because you can only find out about the problems sometime after you are no longer twenty-two. anyway, one of the problems with being twenty-two is you start to get afraid that maybe you're horrible at everything, mostly because you're not really good at anything yet, so you decide to stay the course with biology until a sign appears, even though being stoned drunk all the time doesn't register as a sign.”
― Leanne Simpson, Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs

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“she never asked for recognition, because she wasn't doing it to be recognized. she did it because it filled her up.

she just carefully planted those seeds.
she just kept picking up those pieces.
she just kept visiting those old ones.
she just kept speaking her language and sitting with her mother.

she just kept on lighting that seventh fire every time it went out.

she just kept making things a little bit better, until they were.”
― Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs

tags: anishnaabe, hope, poetry

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