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
supported and reinforced by the Columbus myth and the “Doctrine of Discovery.”
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
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
Native peoples were colonized and deposed of their territories as distinct peoples—hundreds of nations—not as a racial or ethnic group.
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
new periodization of US history is needed that traces the Indigenous experience as opposed to the following standard division:
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 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
“The question of genocide is never far from discussions of settler colonialism. Land is life—or, at least, land is necessary for life.”