The Settler-state border that separates the US and Canada has bisected Indigenous families, homelands, and sacred spaces for centuries. Far from accepting these lines of containment, Indigenous writers and multimodal artists use creative practice to enact physical, political, and epistemic mobility across enforced state boundaries. This talk explores how contemporary Indigenous literature functions as an active spatial theory of refusal and resurgence. By synthesizing the theoretical interventions of Audra Simpson, Mishuana Goeman, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Professor Stirrup will examine how Indigenous literature counter-maps settler geography. Through a cross-genre reading of prose, drama, poetry, and painting this talk demonstrates how creative storytelling, wielded as a powerful tool of self-determination and political resistance, asserts the continuous, relational presence of Indigenous nations that predate and transcend the settler state.