Full-Metal Indigiqueer

Full-Metal IndigiqueerUsing binary code and texts from classics of the English language such as Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Joshua Whitehead unravels the coded "I" to trace the formation of a colonized self and reclaim representations of Indigenous texts. Both the form and content of the poems throughout Full Metal Indigiqueer slice through barriers imposed by the conventions of language, to assert a new kind of identity for Whitehead, as the poet struggles and

Cooks will learn from his authentic recipes

their family will be treated just like white Americans

In their search for fame and fortune

It's a good way to travel

as well as recurring themes and story patterns

When Omakayas is twelve winters old

Born in Oklahoma

lktomi the shape-shifting Spider-Man of the Lakota: Veeho

and Theresa find themselves pulled back again and again to the Sweetgrass allotment

these stories demonstrate the power of one of the most compelling writers in Native North America today

this first-person account of a young girl's struggle to find her place will inspire young readers to ask what it means to belong

and through this dialogue