{"product_id":"buffalo-is-the-new-buffalo-paperback","title":"Buffalo Is the New Buffalo - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003ePowerful stories of \"Mtis futurism\" that envision a world without violence, capitalism, and colonization.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Education is the new buffalo\" is a metaphor widely used among Indigenous peoples in Canada to signify the importance of education to their survival and ability to support themselves, as once Plains nations supported themselves as buffalo peoples. The assumption is that many of the pre-Contact ways of living are forever gone, so adaptation is necessary. But Chelsea Vowel asks, \"Instead of accepting that the buffalo, and our ancestral ways, will never come back, what if we simply ensure that they do?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInspired by classic and contemporary speculative fiction, \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Is the New Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e explores science fiction tropes through a Mtis lens: a Two-Spirit rougarou (shapeshifter) in the nineteenth century tries to solve a murder in her community and joins the nhiyaw-pwat (Iron Confederacy) in order to successfully stop Canadian colonial expansion into the West. A Mtis man is gored by a radioactive bison, gaining super strength, but losing the ability to be remembered by anyone not related to him by blood. Nanites babble to babies in Cree, virtual reality teaches transformation, foxes take human form and wreak havoc on hearts, buffalo roam free, and beings grapple with the thorny problem of healing from colonialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndigenous futurisms seek to discover the impact of colonization, remove its psychological baggage, and recover ancestral traditions. These eight short stories of \"Mtis futurism\" explore Indigenous existence and resistance through the specific lens of being Mtis. Expansive and eye-opening, \u003ci\u003eBuffalo Is the New Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e rewrites our shared history in provocative and exciting ways.","brand":"Arsenal Pulp Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583610343580,"sku":"9781551528793","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781551528793.jpg?v=1774476081","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/buffalo-is-the-new-buffalo-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}