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ⓘ About Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, she has taught and lectured at universities extensively across the United States and Canada. She has twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She has a PhD from the University of Manitoba, and teaches at the Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning in Denendeh. “This Accident of Being Lost”, which won the MacEwan University Book of the Year, and was called a best book of the year by Quill & Quire, Globe and Mail, and the National Post. “As We Have Always Done” was given Best Subsequent Book by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.
All Book Series by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Fire Starters
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2016 Anthology · Scott B. Henderson,Donovan Yaciuk,Jen Storm
Rehearsals for Living
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022 Co-authored · Robyn Maynard
Lighting the Eighth Fire: The Liberation, Resurgence, and Protection of Indigenous Nations
Single-title series · published 2008
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Leanne Betasamosake Simpson?
Working for two decades as an independent scholar using Nishnaabeg intellectual practices, she has taught and lectured at universities extensively across the United States and Canada. She has twenty years experience with Indigenous land based education. She has a PhD from the University of Manitoba, and teaches at the Dechinta Centre for Research & Learning in Denendeh. “This Accident of Being Lost”, which won the MacEwan University Book of the Year, and was called a best book of the year by Quill & Quire, Globe and Mail, and the National Post. “As We Have Always Done” was given Best Subsequent Book…
Which Leanne Betasamosake Simpson series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Debwe series, the earliest of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's multi-book series: it opens with The Gift Is in the Making (2013) and runs to 3 books across 2013–2016, ending with Fire Starters (2016).
How many books has Leanne Betasamosake Simpson written?
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has 12 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2022. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Debwe series with 3 books — and 9 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Debwe (2013–2016, 3 books).
How are Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's books organised into series?
This guide splits Leanne Betasamosake Simpson's 12 books into 1 named series and 9 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Debwe (3 books, 2013–2016).