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
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.
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
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
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
Collection
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.