From the Editor

This special issue, which is focused on digital Indigenous studies, examines the increasing importance of digital media on multiple forms of Indigenous self-representation and the increasing impact of digital media on multiple forms of Indigenous activism. Expertly guest edited by film and media scholar Joanna Hearne and produced in the era of the Idle No More and #Nodapl movements, the special issue places specific emphasis on the gendered uses and gendered effects of digital technologies and platforms in Indigenous contexts. Hearne’s thoughtful introduction is followed by an interview with Native media artist Elizabeth LaPensée, whose evocative The Women, They Hold the Ground serves as a special cover for this special issue, and innovative essays that cover a wide range of digital production by Indigenous women authors, artists, and filmmakers by Susan Bernardin, Channette Romero, Margaret Noodin and Stacie Sheldon, Angelica Lawson, Kristin Dowell, and Danika Medak-Saltzman. The issue closes with an afterword by Native film scholar Michelle Raheja.