This important collection makes a compelling argument for the
importance of theory in Native studies. Within the field, there has
been understandable suspicion of theory stemming both from concerns
about urgent political issues needing to take precedence over
theoretical speculations and from hostility toward theory as an
inherently Western, imperialist epistemology. The editors of
Theorizing Native Studies take these concerns as the ground for
recasting theoretical endeavors as attempts to identify the larger
institutional and political structures that enable racism,
inequities, and the displacement of indigenous peoples. They
emphasize the need for Native people to be recognized as legitimate
theorists and for the theoretical work happening outside the
academy, in Native activist groups and communities, to be
acknowledged. Many of the essays demonstrate how Native studies can
productively engage with others seeking to dismantle and decolonize
the settler state, including scholars putting theory to use in
critical ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, and
postcolonial studies. Taken together, the essays demonstrate how
theory can serve as a decolonizing practice.Contributors.
Christopher Bracken, Glen Coulthard, Mishuana Goeman, Dian Million,
Scott Morgensen, Robert Nichols, Vera Palmer, Mark Rifkin, Audra
Simpson, Andrea Smith, Teresia Teaiwa
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