the biopolitics of "Indianness

were not conquered

Indian Country saw enormous changes in treaty rights

weighty and provocative in their messages

Working with Richard Erdoes

Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories literary criticism the biopolitics of "IndiannessFor the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing along a broad narrative spectrum, from aadizookaanag (traditional or sacred narratives) to dibaajimowinan (histories and news)as well as everything in betweenstorytelling is one of the central practices and methods of