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In this workshop, we will use Indigenous knowledge and storytelling to interconnect multiple ways of knowing, being, and doing through zine-making. Indigenous zine makers resist colonial frameworks and reimagine Indigenous kinship infrastructures for the continuance of Indigenous futures. We welcome students and professionals of all STEM backgrounds to join us for this interactive workshop

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Book Reference: A Yupiaq Worldview - Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

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Book Reference: A Yupiaq Worldview - Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

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"Oscar Kawagley is a man of two worlds, walking the sometimes bewildering line between traditional Yupiaq culture and the Westernized Yupiaq life of today. In this study, Kawagley follows both memories of his Yupiaq grandmother, who raised him with the stories of the Bear Woman and respectful knowledge of the reciprocity of nature, and his own education in science as it is taught in Western schools. Kawagley is a man who hears the elders' voices in Alaska and knows how to look for the weather and to use the land and its creatures with the most delicate care. In a call to unite the two parts of his own and modern Yupiaq history, Kawagley proposes a way of teaching that incorporates all ways of knowing available in Yupiaq and Western science."--BOOK JACKET.

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"Oscar Kawagley is a man of two worlds, walking the sometimes bewildering line between traditional Yupiaq culture and the Westernized Yupiaq life of today. In this study, Kawagley follows both memories of his Yupiaq grandmother, who raised him with the stories of the Bear Woman and respectful knowledge of the reciprocity of nature, and his own education in science as it is taught in Western schools.

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Book Reference: Native Science - Gregory Cajete

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Book Reference: Native Science - Gregory Cajete

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In Native Science, Gregory Cajete "tells the story" of Indigenous science as a way of understanding, experiencing, and feeling the natural world. He points to parallels and differences between the Indigenous science and Western science paradigms, with special emphasis on environmental/ecological studies. After discussing philosophical foundations, Cajete addresses such topics as history and myth, primal elements, social ecology, animals in myth and reality, plants and human health, and cosmology and astronomy.

In the Indigenous view, we human observers are in no way separate from the world and its creatures and forces. Because all creatures and forces are related and thus bear responsibility to and for one another, all are co-creators. Five centuries ago Europeans arrived on the American continent, but they did not listen to the people who had lived for millennia in spiritual and physical harmony with this land. In a time of global environmental degradation, the science and worldview of the continent's First Peoples offer perspectives that can help us work toward solutions.

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In Native Science, Gregory Cajete "tells the story" of Indigenous science as a way of understanding, experiencing, and feeling the natural world. He points to parallels and differences between the Indigenous science and Western science paradigms, with special emphasis on environmental/ecological studies.

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Book Reference: Decolonizing Methodologies - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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Book Reference: Decolonizing Methodologies - Linda Tuhiwai Smith

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With Decolonizing Methodologies, Linda Tuhiwai Smith made us rethink the relationship between scholarly research and the legacies of colonialism, and to confront the reality that, for the colonized, such research was often inextricably bound up with memories of exploitation. Offering a visionary new 'decolonizing' approach to research methodology, her book has continued to inspire generations of decolonial and indigenous scholars.

This revised and expanded new edition demonstrates the continued importance of Tuhiwai Smith's work to today's struggles, including the growing movement to decolonize education and the university curriculum. It also features contributions from both new and established indigenous scholars on what a decolonizing approach means for both the present and future of academic research, and provides practical examples of how decolonial and indigenous methodologies have been fruitfully applied to recent research projects. Decolonizing Methodologies remains a definitive work in the ongoing struggle to reclaim indigenous ways of knowing and being.

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With Decolonizing Methodologies, Linda Tuhiwai Smith made us rethink the relationship between scholarly research and the legacies of colonialism, and to confront the reality that, for the colonized, such research was often inextricably bound up with memories of exploitation. Offering a visionary new 'decolonizing' approach to research methodology, her book has continued to inspire generations of decolonial and indigenous scholars.

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Book Reference: Spiral to the Stars - Laura Harjo

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Book Reference: Spiral to the Stars - Laura Harjo

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All communities are teeming with energy, spirit, and knowledge, and Spiral to the Stars taps into and activates this dynamism to discuss Indigenous community planning from a Mvskoke perspective. This book poses questions about what community is, how to reclaim community, and how to embark on the process of envisioning what and where the community can be.

Geographer Laura Harjo demonstrates that Mvskoke communities have what they need to dream, imagine, speculate, and activate the wishes of ancestors, contemporary kin, and future relatives—all in a present temporality—which is Indigenous futurity.

Organized around four methodologies—radical sovereignty, community knowledge, collective power, and emergence geographies—Spiral to the Stars provides a path that departs ...

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All communities are teeming with energy, spirit, and knowledge, and Spiral to the Stars taps into and activates this dynamism to discuss Indigenous community planning from a Mvskoke perspective. This book poses questions about what community is, how to reclaim community, and how to embark on the pro…

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Digital Zine: ʤə́kʼʷ - An Indigenous Art Zine

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Digital Zine: ʤə́kʼʷ - An Indigenous Art Zine

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Digital Zine: Travel Guide for the Indigenous Queer Commons

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Digital Zine: Travel Guide for the Indigenous Queer Commons

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Travel Guide for the Indigenous Queer Commons

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Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get them in front of Issuu's millions of monthly readers.

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Digital Zine: Guerrerense Diaspora Zine - Volume 2

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Digital Zine: Guerrerense Diaspora Zine - Volume 2

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Guerrerense Diaspora Zine - Volume 2

Published on Sep 26, 2021

This zine was made to highlight the experiences, recipes, memories, stories, and art of people from the state of Guerrero, Mexico who are now in diasp...

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This zine was made to highlight the experiences, recipes, memories, stories, and art of people from the state of Guerrero, Mexico who are now in diaspora in the United States. For more information follow @guerrerensediaspora on Instagram. This zine is published through Tierra y Libertad Press IG: @xicanatiahui.

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Digital Zine: Queer and Trans Futurisms: A BIPOC Visions Zine

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Digital Zine: Queer and Trans Futurisms: A BIPOC Visions Zine

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This zine was created, collectively, by the students of "Beyond 2020: Queer and Trans of Color Visions" at University of Colorado Boulder in... See More

This zine was created, collectively, by the students of "Beyond 2020: Queer and Trans of Color Visions" at University of Colorado Boulder in... See More

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Queer & Trans Futurisms: A BIPOC Visions Zine

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This zine was created, collectively, by the students of "Beyond 2020: Queer and Trans of Color Visions" at University of Colorado Boulder in the spring of 2021. Each student studied and compiled the information in this zine as presented by trans and queer BIPOC visionaries, writers, and activists working and dreaming on Turtle Island, so called, US.

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Digital Zine: Black Indigenous Boy Issue 2

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Digital Zine: Black Indigenous Boy Issue 2

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The Must Play Game of 2022

Travel through the ages and build the perfect empire!

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Read Black Indigenous Boy Issue 2 by Se'mana Thompson on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!

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Digital Zine: queer indigenous girl (issue 3)

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Digital Zine: queer indigenous girl (issue 3)

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queer indigenous girl issue 3

Published on Jan 11, 2017

queer indigenous girl is a zine for queer, trans, 2-spirit, non-binary, disabled, chronically ill & neurodivergent black, indigenous people of color.

Se'mana Thompson

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queer indigenous girl is a zine for queer, trans, 2-spirit, non-binary, disabled, chronically ill & neurodivergent black, indigenous people of color.

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Media Resource: Indigenous Zines and Academic Libraries

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Media Resource: Indigenous Zines and Academic Libraries

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Abstract:

Indigenous zines share the stories and artwork of Indigenous creators through their own voices, and resist the colonial frameworks of mainstream media that attempt to erase Indigenous identities. The purpose of this zine is to introduce academic librarians and LIS students to Indigenous zines, and inform readers how including Indigenous zines within library collections can provide relatable content, supplement collections, and add unique primary sources. This zine also identifies ways to utilize Indigenous zines in information literacy sessions, and offers points to consider when choosing to add Indigenous zines to library collections.

Zines are self-published magazines, created by hand or digitally, and distributed on a small scale. They contain essays, diary entries, comics, drawings, poetry, images, and various forms of self-expression (Duncombe, 1997). Self-publication and independent distribution makes zines a suitable media for communities whose interests and identities are ignored by or stereotyped in mainstream media, as a way to share their experiences and control how they are represented (Honma, 2016). In this way, zines are used for self-expression, networking, and community-building (Bold, 2017). Communities and fans of niche or alternative topics have been creating zines since the 1930s, and Indigenous zines were created as early as the 1980s (Goodluck, 2020). Though zines are not typically considered a “scholarly” source, some libraries choose to maintain zine collections based around the institution’s focus (e.g. gender studies, graphic design, Indigenous studies), or to supplement existing library collections.

Indigenous zines are one of many categories of zines, and provide a space for Indigenous narratives and perspectives. Kalen Goodluck (2020) describes Indigenous zines as “harness[ing] personal and historical accounts, artistic and poetic techniques, in a world that has traditionally erased them” (para. 9). Mainstream media is built around colonial frameworks, and perpetuates colonial ideas and stereotypes; Indigenous zines resist these attempts to erase Indigenous histories, narratives, and identities, celebrating Indigenous culture through various forms of artistic and written expression. Indigenous zines vary in topic, purpose, and audience, including feminism, parenting, environmental activism, educating allies, social and political commentary, and numerous other subjects.

Indigenous zines add diverse voices to collections and can begin to fill gaps created by mainstream media censorship and the exclusion of Indigenous voices and perspectives from academic publications and scholarly discourse. Because zines are not created for use in academic institutions, this zine discusses some considerations for adding Indigenous zines to library collections with care. This includes acquiring zines from “distros” (distribution centres) or the “zinesters” (zine creators) themselves, cataloguing zines using only the information found within the zine, and carefully evaluating how or if subject headings should be used. As an introduction, this zine is a starting point for readers to explore Indigenous zines and academic libraries. The included zines, resources, and references allow readers to continue to learn about Indigenous zines and how they can be included and utilized within academic library collections.

References

Barton, J., & Olson, P. (2019). Cite first, ask questions later? Toward an ethic of zines and zinesters in libraries and research. The Papers of the Bibliographic Society of America, 113(2), 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1086/703341

Berthoud, H. (2018). My life as a “like-minded misfit,” or, experiences in zine librarianship. Serials Review, 44(1), 4-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2018.1434857

Bold, M. R. (2017). Why diverse zines matter: A case study of the People of Color Zines Project. Publishing Research Quarterly, 33, 215-228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-017-9533-4

Botimer, C., & Peach, A. (2017). Preserving passion: The zine collection at Hutchins Library. Kentucky Libraries, 81(4), 13-16. https://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lls&AN=126503553&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Collingwood, R., & Kassir, L. (2018). Gathering the margins: The London College of Communication Library zine collection. Art Libraries Journal, 43(2), 82-87. https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.6

Doyle, A. M., Lawson, K., & Dupont, S. (2015). Indigenization of Knowledge organization at the Xwi7xwa Library, Journal of Library and Information Studies, 13(2), 107-134. https://doi.org/10.6182/jlis.2015.13(2).107

Duncombe, S. (1997). Notes from underground. London: Verso. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015039899946

Gardner, J. (2009). Zines in the academic library: A literature review. Library Student Journal, 4, https://login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lls&AN=67426011&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Gisonny, K., & Freedman, J. (2005). Zines in libraries: How, what and why?. Collection Building, 25(1), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950610641610

Goodluck, K. (2020, January 30). Indigenous zines elevate authenticity: the craft’s lack of limitation allows for powerful storytelling. High Country News. https://www.hcn.org/issues/52.3/indigenous-affairs-indigenous-zine-elevate-authenticity

Honma, T. (2016). From archives to action: Zines, participatory culture, and community engagement in Asian America. Radical Teacher, 105, 33-43. https://doi.org/10.5195/rt.2016.277

Koh, R. (2008). Alternative literature in libraries: The unseen zine. Collection Building, 27(2), 48-51. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604950810870182

Lee, D. (2019). Research and Indigenous librarianship in Canada. Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 5, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.33137/cjal-rcbu.v5.29922

Lee, D. A. (2001). Aboriginal students in Canada: A case study of their academic information needs and library use. Journal of Library Administration, 33(3-4), 259-292. https://doi.org/10.1300/J111v33n03_07

Littletree, S., & Metoyer, C. A. (2015). Knowledge organization from an Indigenous perspective: The Mashantucket Pequot Thesaurus of American Indian Terminology Project, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 53(5-6), 640-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2015.1010113

Stoddart, R. A., & Kiser, T. (2004). Zines and the library. Library Resources & Technical Services, 48(3), 191- 198. https://doi.org/10.5860/lrts.48n3.191-198

Thomas, S. (2018). Zines for teaching: A survey of pedagogy and implications for academic librarians. Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 18(4), 737-758. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/704940

yəhaw̓ Collective. (n.d.). ʤə́ kʼʷ Zines. Yehaw. https://yehawshow.com/zine

Zine Librarians Interest Group. (2015). Zine librarians code of ethics. http://zinelibraries.info/2016/05/30/code-of-ethics-1115-web-version/

Featured Zines

Arson. (2007). Property and law are born together and die together [zine]. https://archive.org/details/Arson2/page/n3/mode/2up

Aubin, S. (2020). Unlearning design: A decolonizing & inclusivity toolkit [zine]. https://issuu.com/mariahandrews/docs/sebastianaubin_dciczine_actual

Indigenous Action. (n.d.). Film the police! And know your rights! A pocket ‘zine [zine]. https://www.indigenousaction.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/Film-the-Police-zine-know-your-rights-SMALL.pdf

Indige-zine. (2018). Decolonize Love [zine] 4. https://issuu.com/indige-zine/docs/4decolonizelovewebpdf

Intoexistencezine. (2020). Into existence: Break [zine]. https://issuu.com/intoexistencezine/docs/summer2020

IPMP. (2020). The Indigenous experience of 2020 [zine]. https://issuu.com/ipmp.claremont/docs/indigenous_experience_2020_zine

Joan, K. (n.d.). Together apart zine: Trickster [zine] 7. https://gruntgallery.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-together-apart-zine-issue-7-tricksters

Nehemiah. (2017). Black Indigenous boy [zine]. https://issuu.com/queerindigenousgirl/docs/bib1

Queer Indigenous Girl. (2017). Liberation [zine] 4. https://issuu.com/queerindigenousgirl/docs/qig_issue_4

RISEdmonton. (2017). RISEZINE: Youth & Reconciliation [zine] 2. https://issuu.com/risedmonton/docs/risezine_issue2

Warrior Publications. (2014). Defend the territory: Tactics and techniques for countering police assaults on Indigenous communities [zine]. https://warriorpublications.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/defend-the-territory-pdf/#more-3921

Wet’suwet’en Nation. (n.d.). Heal the People, heal the Land: Unist’ot’en Camp [zine]. http://unistoten.camp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/UZINE_View.pdf

yəhaw̓. (2019b). ʤə́ kʼʷ: An Indigenous art zine [zine] 1. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a67e4aef14aa1d41e58cba3/t/5ec860ec063db750f22ebcba/1590190381353/Volume1.pdf

Rynnelle Wiebe:

Rynnelle Wiebe (She/her) is of German-settler descent, and currently lives in amiskwacîwâskahikan, what is now known as Edmonton. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, and is currently an MLIS student at the University of Alberta. Her LIS interests change often, but currently relate to accessibility, information literacy, and community.

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Indigenous Zines and Academic Libraries – Indigenous Library and Information Studies

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Native Owned Publishing Press

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5/20/22 Amber McCrary 5/20/22

The Trickster Riots Book Release Party!

The first full-length poetry collection from Abalone Mountain Press hits shelves June 1, and you’re invited to celebrate with us! “The Trickster Riots” Book Release Party is Saturday, June 4, at Palabras Bilingual Bookstore from 6-9 p.m.

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Amber McCrary 5/3/22 Amber McCrary 5/3/22

Pre-order Desert Teeth by Boderra Joe

*BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT from Abalone Mountain Press! Pre-order link now open
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Desert Teeth by Boderra Joe
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ABOUT: Landscape and perspective flood Boderra Joe’s Desert Teeth, a collection of poetry that unfolds the wakening shift of scarred violence affecting native people and land for centuries, where alcohol and uranium, two of many elements, continue to take the lives of our relatives. Each poem lingers and holds the face of the reader through deep explorations of grief, family, identity, and love. These poems walk out on their own with the memories and images that flicker by, like a thought too frightened to talk. The vulnerability and rawness in each poem expands the perspective, longing for closure, acceptance, and understanding. Each poem lives in language and landscape, all while the haunting violence interferes. Beauty has its way of revealing itself.

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Amber McCrary 3/28/22 Amber McCrary 3/28/22

hummingbird heart zine now available in Abalone Mountain Press shop!

“hummingbird heart” is a zine about inversion of the cishet white, male gaze, alienation, desire, loneliness, queerness, and other “ness”es.

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Amber McCrary 3/25/22 Amber McCrary 3/25/22

Zine announcement!

Eep! This one was hard to keep quiet about! We are so happy to announce the hummingbird heart zine by Kinsale Drake and Alice Mao! They both made this beautiful zine, poetry is by Kinsale and illustrations by Alice. hummingbird heart will be available in the Abalone Mountain Press store next Tuesday (03/29/22) ✍🏾✨💖 #zine#poetryzine#abalonemountainpress#hummingbirdheart

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Amber McCrary 3/15/22 Amber McCrary 3/15/22

THE LANGUAGES OF OUR LOVE: AN INDIGENOUS LOVE AND SEX ANTHOLOGY Book Announcement

We are so excited to share our book announcement for THE LANGUAGES OF OUR LOVE: AN INDIGENOUS LOVE AND SEX ANTHOLOGY which will be published by Abalone Mountain Press. Release date is set for July 26th, 2022. Thank you all so much for your submissions and we are stoked to showcase so many amazing poets, writers, storytellers, and artists!!!

💋💖🍓✨#indigenouslove#anthology#nativevoices#nativebooks

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Amber McCrary 3/15/22 Amber McCrary 3/15/22

BOOK COVER REVEAL for The Trickster Riots!

BOOK COVER REVEAL for The Trickster Riots! Poems are by the fabulous Taté Walker. Illustrations AND COVER created by Ohíya Walker <3 Pre-order your copy today at the Abalone Mountain Press store!
Taté Walker (they/them) is a Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. They are an award-winning Two Spirit storyteller for outlets like "The Nation," "Everyday Feminism," "Native Peoples,” “Apartment Therapy,” "Indian Country Today," and "ANMLY."
Ohíya Walker (they/them) is a Lakota citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and is also Red Lake Ojibwe and Mvskoke Creek. They are an award-winning 13-year-old nonbinary painter and graphic artist combining contemporary and traditional imagery and mediums.
#poetry #Indigenous #Lakota #Ojibwe #TwoSpirit #LGBT2QIA+#nativevoices#nativepoet#indigenouspoet#abalonemountainpress

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Amber McCrary 2/21/22 Amber McCrary 2/21/22

Indigeneity and disability justice zine DEADLINE EXTENDED

Indigeneity and disability justice zine DEADLINE EXTENDED

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Amber McCrary 2/17/22 Amber McCrary 2/17/22

The Trickster Riots by Taté Walker

🕷Abalone Mountain Press BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 🕷 Our first full length poetry book release will be by the unstoppable Taté Walker titled THE TRICKSTER RIOTS (Spring 2022)🕷 The Trickster Riots is a lyrical study of a Lakota Winyan Witko (Two Spirit) shedding the expectations of what it means to be Indigenous and exploring the responsibilities of being a good relative. Stay tuned for excerpts, readings and more from Taté Walker.
#nativepoetry#tricksterriots#lakota#twospirit#indigenouspoetry#abalonemountainpress

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Amber McCrary 2/17/22 Amber McCrary 2/17/22

Abalone Mountain Press welcomes two new interns!

Abalone Mountain Press is excited to announce we officially have two interns for spring 2022!!! Meet Chael Moore and Sheena Wahid. They have been been so helpful since they have started 💖

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Amber McCrary 2/17/22 Amber McCrary 2/17/22

Desert Teeth Book Announcement!

✨Abalone Mountain Press BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT✨ We are happy to announce DESERT TEETH by Boderra Joe will be released by Abalone Mountain Press this Fall. This full length poetry collection is sure not to disappoint. Desert teeth is from the point of view of a Diné person and the land they come from (Twin Lakes, NM). Book description coming soon!

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Amber McCrary 7/8/21 Amber McCrary 7/8/21

Episode six: On growing up O’odham with Ruben Cu:k Ba’ak

In this episode we discuss use of names through colonization, connecting back to tribal (Tohono O'odham ) roots, addiction, native masculinity and growing up on the reservation in Southern Arizona.

TW:Drug use, Childhood abuse & assault

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Amber McCrary 7/7/21 Amber McCrary 7/7/21

June Writing Prompt Giveaway winner!

Congratulations for our June Writing Prompt Giveaway winner, Jessica Benally! Thank you Jessica for your piece about road maps. We love the imagery and connection to land and memory in this piece.

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Amber McCrary 6/8/21 Amber McCrary 6/8/21

ABALONE WRITING CIRCLE

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We are so excited to share our book announcement for THE LANGUAGES OF OUR LOVE: AN INDIGENOUS LOVE AND SEX ANTHOLOGY which will be published by Abalone Mountain Press. Release date is set for July 26th, 2022. Thank you all so much for your submissions and we are stoked to showcase so many amazing poets, writers, storytellers, and artists!!!