Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and Repair

Speculative Relations: Indigenous Worlding and RepairIndigenous relations are often described in anthropological terms, or as expressions of timeless, unchanging kinship ties. In Speculative Relations, Joseph M. Pierce challenges this view, considering the potential of these relations as a means of repairing the damages of history. Pierce approaches Indigenous art and culture not as objects of study, but through relations committed to reciprocity and care for human and more than human beings. Drawing on

The bounty of the region’s lakes and streams—walleye

and now he shares with us what he has learned of Apache place-names—where they come from and what they mean to Apaches

The need for healing--not only individuals but health systems and practices--is clear

But when everyone else is on Evan's side

" "Like you

Late one night in Fairbanks

Walt Whitman

Countless generations have survived

"What has become of the thousands of Indian voices who spoke the breath of boarding-school life

But tribal membership is a legal category that has developed in dependence on certain social understandings and historical contexts

" and her adoptive mother never let her forget it

for cultivating and gathering