Re-Indigenizing Ecological Consciousness and the Interconnectedness to Indigenous Identities

Michelle Montgomery is associate professor and chair of the Division of Social and Historical Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Tacoma.

• ContentsForeword by Bill ThomasChapter 1. Traditional Ecological Knowledges: An Antidote to Destruction by Daniel WildcatChapter 2. Na Mele Ku?e by Hokulani RiveraChapter 3. The World and the West by Jasmine NeoshChapter 4. Reflecting on Environmental Narratives: In Order to Address the Legacy of Settler Colonial Structures Painted on the Rocks is the Story of My Beginning by Pah-Tu PittChapter 5. Indigenous Moral Epistemologies and Eco-Critical Race Theory by Michelle MontgomeryChapter 6. Ripples and Ribbons: Indigenizing Apiculture and Pollinator Stewardship by Melanie KirbyChapter 7. Indigenous Feminisms and Environmentalism in Care of Place by Paulette BlanchardChapter 8. Queer Indigeneity: Decolonizing our Relationships to Build a Sense of Belonging by Michael H. Chang and Melissa Watkinson-SchuttenChapter 9. Building Sustainability by Creating Belonging by Merisa JonesChapter 10. Restoring the Chehalis Story: An Indigenous Approach to Reclaiming and Re-Centering a Tribal History

Editor Michelle Montgomery has gathered a diverse collection of voices—distinct in lived experiences, cultural traditions, and academic backgrounds—that demands to be heard. Personal narratives and reflections join gripping analyses to illuminate Indigenous relationships to place while dismantling stereotypical notions and colonial assumptions. The result is a fearless and multifaceted look at the critical roles of place-based knowledges and identities in the twenty-first century.