Winner of the 2019 C. Hugh Holman Award for best book in southern studies from the Society for the Study of Southern Literature
Finalist for the 2018 Georgia Author of the Year Award in History
Red States: Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism, and Southern Studies (UGA Press, 2018) takes up both white southern nativism and southeastern Native responses to the phenomenon — two issues that have not been considered thoroughly within one space. Using five core narratives — recovery, revolution, removal, resistance, and resilience — the book considers the importance of Indigenous literary traditions for shaping concepts of region. This renewed understanding of region affects larger national narratives of belonging particularly as it pertains to the concerns of Indigenous peoples. Ultimately, Caison concludes that the U.S. South is indeed made up of red states, but perhaps not in the way we initially imagine.
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Caison is committed to the principle that non-Native scholars such as herself should not profit from work that owes itself to the Indigenous communities that have offered them so much. Because this work could not have existed without her time at the UNC American Indian Center, all author proceeds from this book will be donated to that institution whose mission forwards the educational concerns of Native communities of present-day North Carolina. You can make your own gift to the UNC AIC here.