Unlike those futurists, who were in an antagonistic relation with their literary and cultural predecessors, indigenous futurism is centered on bringing traditions to distant, future locations rather than abandoning them as relics. Indigenous futurism does not care for speed so much as sustainability, not so much for progress as balance, and not power but relation.

(Note: NDN is sometimes used as shorthand spelling for Indian, a common term that Native Americans use to refer to themselves.)