An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
The fundamental problem is the absence of the colonial framework.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
neocolonialism, from which multiculturalism and postmodernism emerged.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
But this idea of the gift-giving Indian helping to establish and enrich the development of the United States is an insidious smoke screen meant to obscure the fact that the very existence of the country is a result of the looting of an entire continent and its resources.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
colonial settlers saw themselves as part of a world system of colonization.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
supported and reinforced by the Columbus myth and the “Doctrine of Discovery.”
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
the founding and development of the Anglo-American settler-state involves a narrative about Puritan settlers who had a covenant with God to take
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Inherent in the myth we’ve been taught is an embrace of settler colonialism and genocide.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
How might acknowledging the reality of US history work to transform society?
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Native peoples were colonized and deposed of their territories as distinct peoples—hundreds of nations—not as a racial or ethnic group.