Ep.50: Post-Apocalyptic Indigeneities

This episode begins with a reflection on this podcast project reaching its 50th episode. I share some additional background and future plans, including some of the symbolism behind the WAI logo. This episode introduces some ideas from the article, Indigeneity as a Post-Apocalyptic Genealogical Metaphor, which explores the metaphysics of indigeneity - Indigenous metaphysics through a global Indigenous consciousness. In conclusion, a diverse range of Indigenous experiences are presented in the constellation of Indigeneities identified as Elder/Local, Continental/Regional, Diasporic, Creole, Born-Again, Global/Trans-Indigenous, which are described in the artice, A Wīnak Perspective on Cosmovisíon Maya and Eco-Justice Education.

Terms: Yamanik (Green Stone/Jade in K’iche’-Maya), Hoa/Soa (Partner/Companion – Pair in lea faka-Tonga and gagana Sāmoa).

References mentioned or inspirational to this episode:

‘Tongan Hoa: Inseparable yet indispensable pairs/binaries’, by Lear, Māhina-Tuai, Vaka, Ka’ili, & Māhina

Pasifika Webinar Series: Signature Event featuring Dr. Tēvita O. Ka’ili

The Polynesian Iconoclasm by Jeffrey Sissons

Indigenous science (fiction) for the Anthropocene: Ancestral dystopias and fantasies of climate change crises by Kyle P. Whyte

Naming, A Coming Home: Latinidad and Indigeneity in the Settler Colony by Flori Boj Lopez

The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in Seventeenth-Century North America and the Caribbean by Gerald Horne

The Black Shoals: Offshore Formations of Black and Native Studies by Tiffany Lethabo King

The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney

The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study by Stefano Harney and Fred Moten

The Empty Wagon: Zionism’s journey from identity crisis to identity theft by Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro

The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness by Paul Gilroy

Creole Indigeneity: Between Myth and Nation in the Caribbean by Shona N. Jackson

Sovereign Embodiment: Native Hawaiians and Expressions of Diasporic Kuleana by Kēhaulani Vaughn

Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies by Chadwick Allen