Explores the possibilities that indigenous thought and traditions have for emancipatory, decolonial, feminist societies beyond the state

"Anarchists have much to learn from Indigenous struggles for decolonization. [A] thought-provoking collection" Lesley J. Wood, Professor, York University, Toronto

"Vigorously affirming anarchism’s plurality, the authors make a powerful case for the reconfiguration of anticolonial struggle" Ruth Kinna, Professor, Loughborough University

As early as the end of the nineteenth century, anarchists such as Peter Kropotkin and Élisée Reclus became interested in Indigenous peoples, many of whom they saw as societies without a state or private property, living a form of communism. Thinkers such as David Graeber and John Holloway have continued this tradition of engagement with the practices of Indigenous societies, while Indigenous activists coined the term ‘anarcho-indigenism’, in reference to a long history of (often imperfect) collaboration between anarchists and Indigenous activists, over land rights and environmental issues, including recent high profile anti-pipeline campaigns.

Anarcho-Indigenism is a dialogue between anarchism and Indigenous politics. In interviews, the contributors reveal what Indigenous thought and traditions and anarchism have in common, without denying the scars left by colonialism. They ultimately offer a vision of the world that combines anti-colonialism, feminism, ecology, anti-capitalism and anti-statism.

Francis Dupuis-Déri is a Professor of Political Science and a member of the Institut de Recherches et d’études Féministes at the Université du Québec à Montréal. He is the author of several books such as Who’s Afraid of the Black Blocs?. Benjamin Pillet is a translator and community organizer, with a PhD in Political Thought from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Introduction (Francis Dupuis-Déri and Benjamin Pillet)
1. Gord Hill: Anarcho-punk — anticolonialism and anticapitalism — solidarity — political violence — anarchism as a culture — survival in the wilderness — indigeneity in the Americas
2. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: American Indian Movement (AIM) — Wounded Knee incident — Black Power and struggle against apartheid — History of New-Mexico — Marxism and colonialism — First Peoples and the working class — the Anarchists — franchise or settler colonialism
3. Clifton Ariwakehte Nicholas: Anarchism and First Peoples — Colonialism and its beginnings — Nationalism and language — the reservation system — religion — complicated allyship — the warriors — political violence and its consequences — the military — Palestine, Greece, Chiapas
4. Véronique Hébert: Anarchist theater — kids — words that do not exist — what is Anarchism — Indigeneity in the Americas — the Polytechnique massacre and the Oka crisis — women and feminism — spirituality — Colonialism and Decolonialism — Cultural blending and métissage
5. Freda Huson and Toghestiy: environmentalism and traditionalism — struggles against pipelines and the oil industry — defending life and the territory — the band council system
6. J. Kēhaulani Kauanui: Discovering American Anarchism — Hawai’i — the Occupy movement — the United States context — the Mâori — Palestine — feminism and queerness — how to talk about anarchism at the university and on the radio