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supported and reinforced by the Columbus myth and the “Doctrine of Discovery.”
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.
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
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
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
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: