From the Heart of Our Nations: An Indigenous Futures Anthology of Short Fiction, edited by Kashona Notah with a foreword by Rebecca Nagle.
FIRST AMERICA INDIGENOUS FUTURES BOOK: FROM THE HEART OF OUR NATIONS
Now Available
From the Heart of Our Nations: An Indigenous Futures Anthology of Short Fiction is now available. Developed through First America's Indigenous Futures writing initiative, the anthology brings together visionary Indigenous writers imagining bold futures rooted in culture, community, and sovereignty. Tulsa Artist Fellowship is proud to celebrate the creative leadership of current Fellows Kashona Notah (Iñupiaq) and Rebecca Nagle (Cherokee Nation), whose work helped shape this landmark publication. Learn more about the anthology and order your copy today.
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the Heart of Our Nations: An Indigenous Futures Anthology of Short Fiction showcases 14 original stories that imagine Native futures 250 years from now. Together, these works celebrate Indigenous imagination, resilience, and survivance through fiction that envisions expansive futures rooted in Native knowledge and community.
ABOUT FIRST AMERICA
July 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This summer, as media streams are full of an outdated and inaccurate version of the American story, First America is the counter narrative. First America reveals how the founders’ treatment of Indigenous peoples— and Native resistance— fundamentally shaped U.S. democracy.
The First America podcast is written and hosted by Rebecca Nagle, the award-winning journalist behind This Land. The project was developed in collaboration with leading Native scholars and writers, including Ned Blackhawk (Western Shoshone, Yale), Maggie Blackhawk (Ojibwe, NYU), Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, University of Minnesota), and Phil Deloria (Dakota descent, Harvard).
CREATORS
Rebecca Nagle is an award-winning journalist, citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and writer and host of the podcasts First America and This Land. Her bestselling book By the Fire We Carry received numerous national honors and reflects her ongoing work documenting Native sovereignty, federal Indian law, and Indigenous representation. Nagle is a 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardee.
Kashona Notah is an Iñupiaq writer, educator, and 2024–2026 Tulsa Artist Fellowship awardee. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in Ploughshares, The Southern Review, Nimrod International Journal, and numerous other publications. As facilitator of the First America Indigenous Futures workshops, Notah guided participants in imagining bold Indigenous futures that now appear in this inaugural anthology.
