Kinship

In this essay, we look at several recent books on Indigenous kinship and think about the relationship between Indigeneity as political status and Indianness as a racial category. As religious studies scholars, what we find most meaningful in this recent literature is the emphasis of Indigenous relations with Land as an important part of understanding Indigenous kinship. Grounding our review of these books with a reading of the recent Haaland v. Brackeen case helps us to show how centering Land can solve complications raised by the conflation of race and politics when it comes to Indigenous kinship.