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Description of  Spiral to the Stars: Mvskoke Tools of Futurity (Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies)

All communities are teeming with energy, spirit, and knowledge, and Spiral to the Stars taps into and activates this dynamism to discuss Indigenous community planning from a Mvskoke perspective. This book poses questions about what community is, how to reclaim community, and how to embark on the process of envisioning what and where the community can be. Geographer Laura Harjo demonstrates that Mvskoke communities have what they need to dream, imagine, speculate, and activate the wishes of ancestors, contemporary kin, and future relativesall in a present temporalitywhich is Indigenous futurity. Organized around four methodologiesradical sovereignty, community knowledge, collective power, and emergence geographies Read more