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Jodi A Byrd
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Chickasaw, Professor of Race, Diaspora, Indigeneity at U Chicago, author of Transit of Empire (Minnesota, 2011) and Indigenomicon (Duke, 2025)
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November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Official release day! 11/11 and I’m so excited this book is finally in the world with help from @dustign.bsky.social Dustin Mater for the beautiful cover and Ideas on Fire for the deep indexing. It’s about video games, and so much more. No spoilers.
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Congratulations to Ideas on Fire author Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social on the publication of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession, out now from @dukepress.bsky.social! 🎉

dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon

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Cover of Indigenomicon, with a person in a shallow boat next to a river bank with plants, trees, and birds
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Families were "horrified" after a daycare teacher was pulled out of a preschool by armed federal agents. blockclubchi.co/4ooIC70
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We have a terrific slate of #NewBooks coming out this November, including "Indigenomicon" by Jodi A. Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social. See all November titles and save 50% with coupon FALL25 during our fall sale! buff.ly/KsghzeM
Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Save 50% on #NewBook Indigenomicon by Jodi Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social, which brings video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. buff.ly/FBknSYW
Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Book is really real.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
ELH
Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2025
#S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE
tinyurl.com/253d5mh8

CONTRIBUTORS
Virginia Jackson
Meredith Martin
Sonya Posmentier
Feisal G. Mohamed
Anna Brickhouse
Joseph Jonghyun Jeon
Jodi A. Byrd
Edgar Garcia
Jennifer L. Fleissner
Karen Tongson
& more!
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW ELH Volume 92, Number 3, Fall 2025 #S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE CONTRIBUTORS Virginia Jackson Meredith Martin Sonya Posmentier Feisal G. Mohamed Anna Brickhouse Joseph Jonghyun Jeon Jodi A. Byrd Edgar Garcia Jennifer L. Fleissner Shonni Enelow Courtney Weiss Smith Kevin Quashie Nancy Yousef Caleb Smith Karen Tongson Tina Post Julie Orlemanski
September 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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In "Indigenomicon," @arsavium.bsky.social examines the differences between settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies by bringing video game studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/RM90jF8
Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.
August 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
arsavium.bsky.social
Indigenomicon is set to release in November but you can now read the introduction online at Duke University Press: www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
Indigenomicon
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August 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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if you are going to quote the declaration of independence today like it is some radical document and rallying cry, please clearly enunciate as you read “merciless Indian savages”

stop trying to build a house on a rotten foundation

read: indianz.com/News/2018/07...
declaration of independence with merciless indian savages part hightlighted
July 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride.

I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶
We All Need to Be Talking About the Murder of Jonathan Joss This Pride and Beyond
The actor, who was Comanche and White Mountain Apache, was shot in a targeted hate crime while protecting his husband.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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NEW — Alds. Jeanette Taylor and Andre Vasquez were among the Chicago City Council members who are urging their colleagues to vote “no” on a controversial “snap curfew” ordinance.

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Live: Organizers and multiple alders urge City Council to vote 'no' on 'snap curfews' • The TRiiBE
Today, the Chicago City Council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance that would give the Chicago Police superintendent sole authority to enact a “snap curfew."
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June 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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The George Floyd Uprising started 5 years ago tonight.

Nearly 24 hours after Floyd was killed by police, a vigil attended by thousands marched three miles to the 3rd Precinct. Ep. 1 of Reporter Reflection [13-min], highlights Day 1 of the uprising in Minneapolis.

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Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising - Episode 1 - UNICORN RIOT
Waves of rage tore through the Twin Cities after Minneapolis police officers mercilessly killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old father of five and security guard on Memorial Day 2020. The historic uprisin...
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May 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Check out our new Fall 2025 catalog, featuring books from @wolffdr.bsky.social , @naylandblake.bsky.social , @bethdrobinson.bsky.social , @arsavium.bsky.social , @pepepierce.bsky.social , & @wazhmah.bsky.social , plus many more titles!
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Cover of the Duke University Press Fall and Winter 2025 Catalog. The cover features a bold, abstract illustration in red, pink, black, and teal tones. Stylized human faces and a human hand overlap with patterned abstract shapes in a collage-like composition. The larger human face is arranged adjacent to and underneath shapes that evoke a brain and spinal column respectively.
May 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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dustign.bsky.social
“The Quest” acrylics on canvas 40x30” in this painting, I wanted to convey a feeling of an early 90s RPG video game cover but with a Muskogean prism.This particular piece was commissioned by Dr Jodi Byrd for her new book “Indigenomicon” #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #seemecommunity
April 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
arsavium.bsky.social
Duke's page for my book is live with cover art by Chickasaw artist Dustin Mater! Out 11/11:
www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
Cover art for Indigenomicon featuring art by Chickasaw artist Dustin Mater.
April 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Fingers crossed for November 11: www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
Indigenomicon
Book
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April 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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One of the best explanations I’ve seen of the stakes of the disregard of data laws intended to prevent wholesale surveillance of the US public by its govt. The DOGE one-two punch is to disregard or dissolve the data regulations that protect us and then use AI to consolidate info about each of us.
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Mar 22
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The termination of 850 Indian Health Service physicians, nurses, and dentists will have a grave impact on access to care for millions of Native Americans.

Upholding our treaty obligations is not optional.
February 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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We know recent ICE encounters in urban areas have caused stress & concern. There have been no confirmed detentions, but counseling services available if needed. Carry your driver's license & reach out to local reps for support.
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Native American communities concerned for safety with immigration enforcement
Since President Trump issued numerous executive orders last month related to immigration enforcement, some Native American communities have raised concerns over the safety of tribal members, with repo...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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So honored to give this talk on Settler Militarism on 2/28 @ 6pm EST. All proceeds will go to the Sameer Project! Thank you to @workshops4gaza.bsky.social for the invitation and for organizing 💜
Settler Militarism — Workshops 4 Gaza
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $50). Step 2: Register for “Settler Militarism” here . In this workshop, Juliet Nebolon will discuss how settler colonialism and ...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
arsavium.bsky.social
It is amazing what universities will stand up for and against when there’s money involved. Land-grant Us have their own association because of course they do. They will stand up for each other to keep NIH. It’s a matter of law and civility in the settler imperium.
February 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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One of our brilliant students wrote an analysis of how Universities laid the groundwork for Trump's repressive policies. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Universities Have Been Doing Trump’s Work for Him
The University of Chicago, despite its free speech reputation, has laid the groundwork for the president's threats against students who protest for Palestine.
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February 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Chickasaw Student Accepted to MIT
WENATCHEE, Wash. – A dream of attending the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology turned into reality for Chickasaw citizen James Eric Byrd.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement -- Know Your Rights! Share! narf.org/citizenship-...
Native Americans and Immigration Enforcement — Know Your Rights - Native American Rights Fund
Native Americans born in the U.S. are U.S. citizens, and ICE cannot detain or deport them for immigration violations. Since 1924, federal law has guaranteed Native American citizenship. A 2025 Executi...
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February 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM