Since 2016, the Indigenous Confluences series has been publishing innovative works that use decolonizing perspectives and transnational approaches to explore the experiences of Indigenous peoples across North America, with a special emphasis on the Pacific Coast.
“It has been an honor and great joy to serve as coeditor of the Indigenous Confluences series with Coll Thrush,” said Charlotte Coté, who is also the author of A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast. “We will continue to cultivate a series that promotes and supports innovative works that foster an in-depth understanding of the Indigenous experience.”
Books in the series examine a wide range of topics, including resurgence efforts, identity, environment and food justice, urban histories, language preservation, and art, music, performance, and other forms of cultural expression.
Indigenous Confluences books have been widely reviewed and recognized by awards across disciplines, including the 2024 Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award for Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California by Kaitlin Reed, the Western History Association’s 2023 Donald L. Fixico Award for A Drum in One Hand, a Sockeye in the Other: Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty from the Northwest Coast by Coté, and the 2017 Lambda Literary Awards shortlist for Indian Blood: HIV and Colonial Trauma in San Francisco’s Two-Spirit Community by Andrew J. Jolivétte.
For a full list of books in the series, visit the Indigenous Confluences page on our website.
Charlotte Coté (Tseshaht/Nuu-chah-nulth) is associate professor in American Indian studies at the University of Washington and author of Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions.
Coll Thrush is professor of history at the University of British Columbia. He is author of Wrecked: Unsettling Histories from the Graveyard of the Pacific, Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place, and Indigenous London: Native Travelers at the Heart of Empire.
