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Centering Indigenous Standpoints through Mediated Communication explores how different forms of Indigenous media, including social media, are significant advocatory and educational methods of resistance against repeated attempts at genocide, erasure, misrepresentation, vilification, forced assimilation, and stereotyping perpetuated by colonial systems.

Ben R. LaPoe II and Victoria L. LaPoe argue that, unlike mainstream media operating under settler principles, Indigenous media privileges Indigenous life experiences, emphasizes Indigenous contexts, honors Indigenous social customs, amplifies Indigenous voices, and incorporates Indigenous worldviews. The book introduces readers to these intersections of Indigenous knowledge and explores the ways in which narrative advocacy empowers and benefits those who communicate their own voices and experiences.

Through a multi-method approach and analyses of Indigenous social media posts through the framework of Indigenous Standpoint Theory (IST), the authors identify Indigenous advocacy renovation efforts on mainstream social media platforms and demonstrate how different platforms can impact communities and act as a form of source sovereignty. Ultimately, the results of these analyses position IST as a key approach to supporting the decolonization of knowledge and advocacy in media spaces.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Sovereignty
1. Indigenous Standpoints and Media
2. Renovating Structures
3. Digital Media's Role
Contributions by Sarah M. Liese
4. Experiences Expressed Within Platforms
Contributions by Sarah M. Liese
5. Reconciling Conclusion
Contributions by Sarah M. Liese, Taylor Orcutt, and Shondiin Silversmith
Appendix A
Bibliography
Index

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Dec 11 2025
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Pages 136
ISBN 9798216255710
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 6 bw illus
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ben R. LaPoe

Ben R. LaPoe II is Assistant Professor in the Scho…

Author

Victoria L. LaPoe

Victoria LaPoe is Department Head and Professor of…

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Sarah M. Liese

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Taylor Orcutt

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