NAIS 33 Indigenous Futurisms

This course offers an introductory knowledge of Indigenous futurisms, largely through the lens of speculative fiction. We will survey the foundations of Indigenous futurisms via various types of texts, such as novels, short stories, poetry, screenplays, visual art, and music. We will engage with speculative genres, including science fiction, horror, fantasy, and alternative histories, in order to consider how settler colonial time varies from and even erases the diverse lifeways of Native American and Indigenous peoples. As we will see, Indigenous futurisms are a way of emphasizing the importance of Indigenous temporalities and, thus, the inherent importance of Indigenous peoples. 

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Department-Specific Course Categories

Native American and Indigenous Studies