It Was Never Going to Be Okay queer studies written from the perspective of

written from the perspective of a senior academic and curator traversing a dynamic and at turns fraught era of Native self-determination

and a very special auntie

A great westward migration carried the Ojibwe people to this place

Read about his inspiring experiences in the Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock

In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us

It Was Never Going to Be Okay queer studies written from the perspective ofit was never going to be okay is a collection of poetry and prose exploring the intimacies of understanding intergenerational trauma, Indigeneity and queerness, while addressing urban Indigenous diaspora and breaking down the limitations of sexual understanding as a trans woman. As a way to move from the linear timeline of healing and coming to terms with how trauma does not exist in subsequent happenings, it was never going to be okay tries to break