(Re)Envisioning Childhoods With Mi’kmaw Literatures

A generative reading of four recent children’s books by Mi’kmaw authors through Indigenous and posthumanist lenses, this article suggests that literature works at envisioning a “very old” future highlights the counter-hegemonic potential in current moment. First, mythopoetic tradition as speculative fiction is presented. Second, becoming-with Land discussed radical pedagogical future. Third, tensions between theories are discussed, along with those tensions. The concludes highlighting power very old futures (re)emergent from stories.