Indigenous Feminisms: Environmental Justice and Resistance

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This course will introduce key concepts, methodologies, and arts from Indigenous feminist perspectives on environmental justice. To do this, we will examine five 21st century Indigenous environmental justice case studies from North America and Oceania: Idle No More, Mauna Kea, Sogorea Te’, Standing Rock, and the Pacific Climate Warriors. Together we will explore critical theorizations that attend to a range of contemporary issues influencing Indigenous feminist thought today: land, water, and ecology; ceremony and genealogy; healing and care work; science and medicine; reparations and justice. Course texts will include film, podcasts, poetry, visual arts, essays, and more from Indigenous womxn and Two-spirit scholars, artists, and activists