Moving through Indigenous spatiality during this journey along the Mississippi has shifted my perception or assumption that the Mississippi is one hierarchical moving body of water whose mobility is founded in non-human design.

Agleska Cohen-Rencountre

The Indigenous Mississippi: Scholarly Identity, Kinship, Engagement

Agleska Cohen-Rencountre

My ideas are a practice of honoring Indigenous identity on the water and Indigenous resilience while not attempting to fill in the erasures with one family history. Rather I name my own stakes in an acknowledgment of Indigenous resilience, diplomacy, and sovereignties. I am grateful to be in conversation with my diverse and dynamic group and am looking forward to what is ahead!