Anthropology 2218F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Eurocentrism, Settler Colonialism

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2218F/G
• Professor: Natahnee Winder

Document Summary

There are about 370 million indigenous peoples across 70 countries. Indigenous peoples have sought recognition of their identities, way of life and their right to traditional lands, territories and natural resources for years, yet throughout history, their rights have always been violated. Descendants of those who inhabited a country or a geographical region at the time when people of different cultures or ethnic origins arrived. the new arrivals later became dominant through conquest, occupation, settlement or other means. Strong link to territories and surrounding natural resources. Historical continuity with pre-colonial and/or pre-settler societies. Resolve to maintain and reproduce their ancestral environments and systems as distinctive peoples and communities. Not every indigenous group identifies as a nation http://www. npr. org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes- youve-never-seen-before. To reclaim and regenerate one"s relational, place-based existence by challenging the ongoing, destructive forces of colonization. To(re)connect to the natural world, traditional land-based and water-based cultural practices.