Underlining how “the welfare and well-being of Indigenous Peoples were the last consideration among colonial lawmakers and industry types who determined the ultimate fate of our participation in the energy production,” this book offers a powerful account of Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination, and ongoing negotiations for land, resources, and autonomy.

Curley lays the groundwork of how we can conceive of the ways marginalized populations navigate and negotiate life in the meanwhile of new world-building. This book causes one to take seriously what living, hoping, and caring for community looks like as we make our way to a world with decolonization, abolition, and liberation.

This book refreshes and refines key concepts in energy studies from an Indigenous perspective.