Grace Dillon Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (2012)
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What better terrain than the field of sf to "engage colonial power in the spirit of a struggle for survival," the warrior ethic that Taiaiake Alfred (Kanien'kehaka) urges Natives to embrace as "thinkers, teachers, writers, and artists"? What better mindscape from which to "look at traditions in a critical way, not trying to take them down, but to test them and to make sure they're still strong"?
— Grace Dillon on Taiaiake Alfred
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About Grace Dillon
Grace L. Dillon is an academic and author who is of Anishinaabe and European descent. She is a professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Program, in the School of Gender, Race, and Nations at Portland State University. She edited Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction and coined the term Indigenous Futurisms.
About Grace Dillon
Grace L. Dillon is an academic and author who is of Anishinaabe and European descent. She is a professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Program, in the School of Gender, Race, and Nations at Portland State University. She edited Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction and coined the term Indigenous Futurisms.
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