Elizabeth LaPensee
Elizabeth LaPensée, Ph.D. is an award-winning designer, writer, artist, and researcher who creates and studies Indigenous-led media such as games and comics. She is Anishinaabe with family from Bay Mills, Métis, and Irish. She is an Assistant Professor of Media & Information and Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures at Michigan State University and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellow.
A virtual reality game about activating Anishinaabe star knowledge to enhance river ecosystems.
Simulation
Fly as a thunderbird protecting Turtle Island against the snake that threatens to swallow the lands and waters whole.
Action
More Games
With contributions in various roles.
A game about the impact of allotment acts on Indigenous communities in the 1890's.
Educational
A narrative game about wandering the Great Depression US, collecting stories, and spreading them onwards