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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In our latest issue 🌸 Kate McCowan explores how the histories, livelihood, and futurity of “bloodroot” (also known as puccoon and Sanguinaria canadensis) have been deeply unsettled by the promulgation of settler colonial extractionism and exploitation.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In our latest issue✍️ Jorge Morales-Guerrero, Eduardi Navarro Perez, Michele Clark, Michelle Hale, Liliana Caughman, and Nancy Grimm acknowledge historical oppression to inspire and support practices that promote dialogue and reconciliation among Indigenous nations and settlers.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
IN OUR LATEST ISSUE ✨ Darcy Evans argues that Indigenous practices of eviction can serve as a method of territorial reclamation that challenges state claims to property and jurisdiction within unceded Indigenous homelands.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In our latest issue✨This paper follows student researchers’ journey of a‘o (teaching and learning) as they engaged in PAR to understand how community readiness is being developed beyond a set of standards, indicators, and desired outcomes into a process that develops ontological self-efficacy.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Welcome to the world, Issue 49:2! An incredible collection of such diverse essays just in time for the tail end of your summer reading. These 27 authors demonstrate the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies. We are also pleased to present our newly formed Editorial Board.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Sneak Peek! In two weeks, new issue. We work diligently to cover a wide range of Indigenous communities, issues, approaches, and Native-centered concerns. Inclusivity in Indigenous Studies means every field, discipline, and even anti-disciplinarily. All without paywalls or subscriptions.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
In our latest issue✨This Indigenous research embodies the history, dreams, and hopes of a group of people creating a sense of meaning, belonging, and place in the world by reclaiming and recultivating Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara varieties of corn, beans, squash, sunflowers, and watermelon.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
✨Jennifer R. O’Neal (enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) highlights the power of transnational alliances and how foundational work of Indigenous activists fighting to bring awareness of Indigenous information rights paved the way for the contemporary work within repositories.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
REMINDER - CALL FOR PAPERS✨ This special issue, Attending to Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences in Place, aims to bring together cross-disciplinary voices within Indigenous studies to establish place as the necessary starting point for Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS).
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
WELCOME✨Mark Minch-de Leon is a member of the Susanville Indian Rancheria and currently an Associate Professor of English at UC Riverside, where he co-directs the California Center for Native Nations (CCNN). In the Fall, he is joining the Film and Media Department at UC Berkeley.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
James M. Hundley is a settler scholar and associate professor of anthropology at Rowan University in New Jersey. He theorizes the processes of securitization to highlight the surreptitious ways settler colonialism is perpetuated by removing “the Indigenous” as a geopolitical entity.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
WELCOME✨ William Bauer is an enrolled citizen of the Round Valley Indian Tribes and a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside. He served as the President of the Western History Association in the year 2024-2025.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
CALL FOR PAPERS✨ This special issue, Attending to Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences in Place, aims to bring together cross-disciplinary voices within Indigenous studies to establish place as the necessary starting point for Indigenous Environmental Studies and Sciences (IESS).
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
WELCOME✨Sarah A. Whitt is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and faculty member at UC Irvine in the Global Studies and History departments. Her work centers on Indigenous experiences of institutionalization in Progressive Era settler facilities. She is currently working on her second book.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
In our latest issue, Hāwea Apiata’s bilingual poem references the Māori concept of whakapapa, explaining the layers of connections between all the natural world. Whakapapa is a lens that allows us to look into both the past and future and to understand our relationship with the land and each other.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As the Editor in Chief, I rarely use this platform to editorialize. But this thread is timely and accurate. Please consider this valuable perspective, especially if you are a writer who expects to publish books OR ESSAYS in the upcoming years. - D Shorter bsky.app/profile/tric...
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
WELCOME✨Nazune Menka (Koyukon Athabaskan & Lumbee) to the Editorial Board!
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
WELCOME✨Amy Lonetree is a citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. She received her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley and her research focuses on Native American history, Indigenous photography, visual studies, public history, and museum studies.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In our latest issue 🔥 This article offers a conceptualization of “Fire Back” through rematriation to restore rights to the intentional use of Indigenous-led and -informed fire practices, highlighting kinship of people, fire, and planet and (2) advocating for cultural fire sovereignty.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Reminder — out now! Special Issue: “Indigenous Resurgence” focuses on how language is an essential component of Native power. This issue features more Indigenous authors than any before it. Cover Caption: © Crystal Worl, “Inua” (2016)
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Just published! We are pleased to publish our next issue that has more Indigenous authors in one issue than any before. Thanks to our guest editors: M. J. DesRosier (Niitsitapi: Blackfeet, Gros Ventre) and Paul J. Guernsey (Settler/Greek/European descent). escholarship.org/uc/aicrj
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Forthcoming! April 4, 2026 Special Issue: “Indigenous Resurgence” In honor of our fiftieth year of being a peer-reviewed scholarly journal, we are pleased to publish our next issue that has more Indigenous authors in one issue than any before.
Cover of AICRJ’s next issue on Indigenous Resurgence.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sneak Peek! Our next issue brings more authors (and more Indigenous authors!) together in one issue than ever before, focusing on “cultures connecting and collaborating at global scales to reassert their political sovereignty in ways that recover their precolonial levels of continental influence.”
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
REMINDER! Our latest issue guest edited by Paulette Steeves (Cree-Métis, a descendant of First Nations and Métis people) focuses on reviving cultural practices, protecting Indigenous lands, and challenging systemic colonialism. Cover: @ Gil Scott (Diné), Within His Storms (2017)
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In our latest issue, Rachelle Besaw, descendant member of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin and a US Navy veteran, explores the cruel and bloody history of anthropological and linguistic research perpetrated upon Indigenous nations, as well as the moral and ethical implications of these actions.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
In our latest issue, Kendall Lovely, member of the Navajo Nation and PhD candidate in History at UCSB, traces historical developments in the American Southwest alongside the professionalization of archeological pursuits.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In our latest issue, Chief Caleen Sisk (Winnemem Wintu) and Marc Dadigan affirm the importance of recognizing that salmon are sentient bearers of ecological wisdom who must be followed rather than controlled and that hatcheries cannot replace the protection of riverine habitat.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In our latest issue, Kristi Leora Gansworth, Anishnabe scholar, examines embodied kinship as a way to envision and articulate a thriving future of embodied interconnection & healing for current & future generations. Gansworth is an assistant professor in Native American studies at Vassar College.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In our latest issue, Jackson Pind and Jack Hoggarth write about mound-builders theory and the Hopewell tradition in context of Anishinaabeg burial and death practices and advocate for inclusive and respectful archaeological approaches that acknowledge Anishinaabeg cultural heritage.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In our latest issue, Colin Elder, founder and director of Elder Archaeology, CIC, writes about Anishinaabeg’s Histories. Elder is a professional archaeologist and historian and explores the history and people of this region through Elder Archaeology, which leads historic, archaeology-based programs.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Dr. Paulette Steeves (Cree-Métis), guest editor of our lastest issue, is a two-time awardee of a Canada Research Chair Tier II in Indigenous History, Healing, & Reconciliation. With our editor-in-chief, Steeves worked with a collection of authors to set a new course for Indigenous-centric research.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
JUST PUBLISHED! Our December issue guest edited by Paulette Steeves (Cree-Métis, a descendant of First Nations and Métis people) focuses on reviving cultural practices, protecting Indigenous lands, and challenging systemic colonialism. Cover: @ Gil Scott (Diné), Within His Storms (2017)
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Meet the Authors of our newest issue✨available soon!
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
JUST DAYS AWAY! Our December issue is guest edited by Paulette Steeves (Cree-Métis, a descendant of First Nations and Métis people). These articles reclaim and revive thousands of years of Indigenous history and knowledge to create healing. Cover: @ Gil Scott (Diné), Within His Storms (2017)
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Sneak Peek at our next issue!!! As a guest editor, Dr. Paulette Steeves opens a space for reclaiming and rewriting Indigenous histories, science, and experiences. This collection of essays (December 2025) aims for a “pyroepistemology” that cleanses the scholarly landscape (Steeves 2015).
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
"In linking iqunga to Derrida’s conception of a spectral truth and haunted conscience, Nkosi effectively and concisely excavates the stakes of settlement and Indigenous alterity." Review by T. J. Tallie
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
"Dubcovsky provides an important introduction to an archival methodology that follows the sparse mentions of women; through this work, she is able to reveal how archives can help us learn about the lives of Black and Native women." Review by Delaney McNulty & Robert B. Caldwell
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
"It is in Legg’s short but powerful ending that researchers and academics are given ways to implement and enact Indigenous methodologies" pg 170
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
"By weaving together linguistic insight, cultural reclamation, and scientific inquiry, the authors illuminate pathways for communities to mend the wounds of colonization." Pg 168 Cesar A Barreras
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"Their divergence stems from reframing his work to address contemporary issues, criticism for his lack of foresight, and reaffirmation of his foundational theories and works." Kerri J. Malloy
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
"I imagined it being used not only as a catalog but also to promote understanding of Indigenous art, to guide reflection on key Native American lifeways that help us to be better beings, and finally to increase fluency with Indigenous languages." 160 Mae Hey
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
"Through its harrowing depictions of heartache, loss, and suffering, A Council of Dolls provides an outlet of healing for Power, her ancestors, and the readers" pg 159 Katie Hiler
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"I am the guardian Spirit of what you call Negaw wajiw. I have wished frequently to get one of your race to intermarry with us.”
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"By prioritizing Indigenous values and practices, these leaders not only support their students and communities but also challenge broader educational systems to reckon with their colonial legacies." Page 137 Kanoe Wilson
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
"Instead, these apologies were sought and fought for through consistent advocacy and education by survivors, families, and Indigenous nations." PG 94 Katherine Morton Richards
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
"We know the importance of generating spaces where our voices are heard and validated, since there are limited sites where Indigenous women, queer, and gender-diverse peoples can come together to support one another in creative, transdisciplinary research work" Pg 73 Iapi debwewin aansaamb
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"As the study of urban indigeneity continues to grow, the uncritical connection between urban life and pan-Indianism is an important part of addressing the history of colonialism and the disciplinary marginality of urban indigeneity" Sydney Beckmann pg 65
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Take a look at Fostering Financial Inclusion by Ensuring Cultural Fit: The Case of the NCDFI Industry by Valentina Dimitrova-Grajzl, Peter Grajzl, Michou Kokodoko, and Laurel Wheeler!
Their holistic 
approach goes beyond financial figures and extends to fostering financial well-being, 
community trust, cultural preservation, and the transition to a more sustainable and 
relationship-based economic system.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Take a deeper look at the first essay in our newest issue 48:2. Self-Kindness, Mindfulness, and Common Humanity: Effects of Self-Compassion on Well-Being for Indigenous Participants in Self-Compassion–Related Interventions.
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AICRJournal @aicrjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Our newest issue is finally live! Check out the American Indian Culture and Research Journal's Volume 48 Issue 2 on our website. Stay tuned for essay and author highlights!
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