“Provoking, self-reflective, and at times poetic, this text is an important contribution to Indigenous geography and Native American studies.”

NATIVE SPACE: GEOGRAPHIC STRATEGIES TO UNSETTLE SETTLER COLONIALISM

Native Space explores how Indigenous communities and individuals sustain and create geographies through place-naming, everyday cultural practices, and artistic activism, within the boundaries of the settler colonial nation of the United States.
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listen to my interview with New Books network

Reviews of
Native Space

“Reminiscent of Tuck and Yang’s 2012 assertion that decolonization is not a metaphor…Barnd asks, “Where do words go, and what do we do with them?”

— Mika Kennedy, Western American Literature

“Natchee Blu Barnd’s reach is tremendous in this book, from the politics of legibility to the politics of art.”

– Andrew Curley, American Indian Culture and Research Journal

My Background

I am a comparative and critical ethnic studies scholar who writes, educates, and speaks about the intersections between Ethnic Studies, cultural geography, art, and Indigenous studies.

View my publications, learn more about me, or contact me here.

Education
& Experience

PhD, M.A., Ethnic Studies — UC San Diego

M.A., American Indian Studies — UCLA

B.A. Ethnic Studies & Philosophy, Native American Studies minor — Sonoma State University

I have worked extensively with on-campus cultural centers (see this video on the OSU cultural centers, the UCSD Cross-Cultural Center page, and Sacramento State University’s Multicultural Center), with a special emphasis on combining scholarship, mentoring, and community building.

Before joining UC Santa Barbara, I taught at a number of schools, including Oregon State University (Ethnic Studies), California College of the Arts (Critical Studies), San Francisco State University (American Indian Studies), and UC San Diego (Ethnic Studies).

In 2013, I had the honor of interviewing some of Oregon State University’s Native American Longhouse staff, as part of a collaborative oral history project between the Longhouse, Ethnic Studies, and Oregon Multicultural Archives.

Speaking Engagements

Get in touch

I am available for speaking engagements, collaborative projects, research, and interviews. You can learn more about me here.

Looking forward to hearing from you.