This course will explore the genre of memoir and creative non-fiction produced by Indigenous Women, Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit writers, including an expansive understanding of the memoir genre to include documentary film, poetry, autobiography, theoretical work, non-fiction essays, comics, and testimonials. Assigned texts will include foundational Indigenous writers in English such as Leslie Marmon Silko, Maria Campbell, Deborah Miranda, Joy Harjo, and Ma-Nee Chacaby as well as newer writers such as Terese Mailhot and Janet Mock. Students will engage in theoretical literary analysis, complete a research paper, and will have an opportunity to develop their own creative writing skills. The course will culminate a class publication / zine of student creative work.