Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Title

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Birth Date

1971

Birthplace

Michi Saagiig (Mississauga Anishinaabeg), Southern Ontario, Turtle Island

Primary Sources

Simpson, L.,B. (2025) Theory of Water, Nishnaabeg Maps to the time ahead, Canada: Penguin House https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/742373/theory-of-water-by-leanne-betasamosake-simpson/9781039010246

Maynard, R and Simpson, L.B. (2022) Rehearsals for Living. Penguin Books.

Simpson, L.,B. (2021) A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin. University of Alberta Press.  https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/986-9781772125382-short-history-of-the-blockade

Simpson, L.B. (2021) Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies. University of Minnesota Press.

Simpson, L.B. (2017). As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance. 3rd Edition. University of Minnesota Press.  
https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/as-we-have-always-done

Simpson, L.B. (2017). Conclusion: Toward Radical Resurgent Struggle. In As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance (pp. 233–248). University of Minnesota Press. https://doi.org/10.5749/j.ctt1pwt77c16 

Simpson, L.B. (2016). Indigenous resurgence and co-resistance. Critical Ethnic Studies, 2(2), 19–34. 
https://doi.org/10.5749/jcritethnstud.2.2.0019

Simpson, L.B. (2015). Islands of Decolonial Love, Winnepeg. Arbeiter Ring Publishing.

Simpson, L.B. (2014). Land as pedagogy: Nishnaabeg intelligence and rebellious transformation. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 3(3), 1–25. 

Simpson, L.B. (2011). Dancing on our turtle's back: Stories of Nishnaabeg re-creation, resurgence and a new emergence. Arbeiter Ring Books.

Simpson, L.B. (2011).This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories. House of Anansi Press Inc.

Secondary Sources

Ramayya, N. (2022). Rehearsal for the World-Building outside of Colonialism: A Conversation with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Billy-Ray Belcourt. WASAFIRI, 37(3), 50–56. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/02690055.2022.2067199

Gamache, M. Y. (2021). reading with Simpson and Lindberg: re-membering kinshipties, layered bodies and visitation (w)rites. Feminist Review, 129(1), 1–15.   https://doi.org/10.1177/01417789211040465

Coulthard, G., & Simpson, L. B. (2016). Grounded Normativity / Place-Based Solidarity, American Quarterly, 68(2), 249-255

Extra Resources

Simpson, L.B. (2022). Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. Accessed Oct 24, 2022 
https://www.leannesimpson.ca/

Simpson, L.B. Political concepts: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, resurgence. Brown University, April 25, 2022. YouTube. Accessed Oct 24, 2022 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV1_IDtQZsc

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, A Short History of the Blockade, Indigenous Settler Relations Collaboration's, 2021, The Australian Centre, Critical Public Conversations series: Exploring Indigenous Settler Relations. Accessed Oct 24, 2022, 
https://arts.unimelb.edu.au/australiancentre/critical-public-conversations/exploring-indigenous-settler-relations-2021/a-short-history-of-the-blockade

Truth and Reconciliation Community Bobcaygeon. (n.d.). Michi Saagiig History. Accessed Oct 24, 2022. 
https://trcbobcaygeon.org/michi-saagiig-history/

The Accident of Being Lost, Adze Studios, Vimeo. Accessed Oct 24, 2022.https://vimeo.com/147061842

Citation

“Leanne Betasamosake Simpson,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed December 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/458.

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