As We Have Always Done

Hybridity and Indigenous Identity in the Work of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Hybridity and Indigenous Identity in the Work of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Betasamosake’s work exemplifies the brilliant possibilities of hybrid forms. Hybridity in genre allows Indigenous literature the freedom to shape-shift, to tell a story the best way it can be told, and to let that story live among its relatives, whether they be short story, memoir, or song.