Chelsea Vowel

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Buffalo is the New Buffalo

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Powerful stories of "Metis futurism" that envision a world without violence, capitalism, or colonization. "Education is the new buffalo" is a metaphor widely used among … 347 View
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Locating Myself

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The author Chelsea Vowel locates herself in her identity, particularly her Métis heritage, her connection to the land in Northern Alberta, relationship with the colonial settler state, and more. 4 $0.40 Add
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Preface

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In the Preface Vowel explains the concepts of Indigenous futurisms, Métis futurisms, and Indigeneity that are used throughout the book. 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

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The Introduction provides a synopsis for each story. 3 $0.30 Add
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Buffalo Bird

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A work of historical speculative fiction, “Buffalo Bird” is set in the midtolate nineteenth century, before Canada violently colonized the Plains. Following the life of Angelique … 55 $5.50 Add
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Michif Man

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Set in the mid-twentieth century, this is a story about a Métis superhero, Franky Callihoo, who is gored by a radioactive bison and granted super strength. However, he is also plagued by The … 29 $2.90 Add
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Dirty Wings

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Informed by Métis metaphysics, “Dirty Wings” occurs in the hazy present and asserts Métis reality in a time when our otipêyimisow-itâpisiniwina (Métis … 12 $1.20 Add
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"Maggie Sue"

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Told in the first person and set in Edmonton, our protagonist literally stumbles into a fox who has taken human form and falls deeply in love. The fox is headed for a showdown with Elder Brother, … 39 $3.90 Add
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A Lodge Within Her Mind

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Pandemic isolation dulls the senses and drains hope. Facing the possibility of having her consciousness uploaded into a digital space where she is the only human being present, a queer Métis … 28 $2.80 Add
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ÂNISKÔHÔCIKAN

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A work of science fiction set in the near future, “âniskôhôcikan” challenges the notion that Métis are anti-technology, demonstrating how we will continue to … 14 $1.40 Add
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I, Bison

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When Gus returns to her home community for her cousin Angie’s wake, she discovers that her cousin’s consciousness was nonconsensually uploaded before her death. The community believes … 60 $6.00 Add
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Unsettled

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To solve the global energy crisis, a technique is developed to induce deep hibernation in humans, with small teams rotating to ensure critical infrastructure continues running. A group of … 46 $4.60 Add
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Conclusion

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Vowel reflects on Indigenous futurism as a movement that includes a variety of forms of cultural production by Indigenous peoples, shaped by Indigenous epistemologies, that in some way push back … 2 $0.20 Add
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"No Appeal"

From: Refuse

Chelsea Vowel’s poem is a powerful tying-together of the many forces that constitute the dumpster fire as it extends beyond CanLit into Canadian culture, society, and politics writ large. 2 $0.20 Add