Indigenous Activism in the Midwest

“McCue-Enser’s Indigenous Activism in the Midwest represents a zenith of what decolonial scholarship can be and should do. Starting first with Indigenous epistemologies and then engaging public memory and place theory, she braids a comprehensive framework that responsibly attends to clear and insightful case studies. Epistemologies, theory, and case work together to present a powerful study of twenty-first century Indigenous activism.”—Jason Edward Black, professor of rhetoric and culture at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, author of American Indians and the Rhetoric of Removal and Allotment

“Indigenous Activism in the Midwest offers a thoughtful analysis of the importance of places and lands for Indigenous refusal and resurgence. Using Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s theorization of refusal, grounded normativity, and radical resurgence as analytics, McCue-Enser’s analysis offers a story of Dakota ways of knowing and being in relationship with lands. Drawing upon both a critique of settler colonialism and an amplification of Indigenous-led movements for lands and life, this book demonstrates the value of and need for more scholarship in the field of communication focused on Indigenous rhetorics.”—Danielle Endres, professor of communication and director of the Environmental Humanities Program at the University of Utah