Life against States of EmergencyFor six weeks in 201213, Attawapiskat chief Theresa Spence undertook a high profile ceremonial fast to advocate for improved Canadian Indigenous relations. Framed by the media as a hunger strike, her fast was both a call to action and a gesture of corporeal sovereignty. Life against States of Emergency responds to the central question she asked the Canadian public to consider: What does it mean to be in a treaty relationship today? Arguing that