ETH STD 21AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Settler Colonialism, Eurocentrism
24 Feb 2016
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Internationally recognized power of a nation to govern itself and quality of having supreme independent authority over a territory. Indian tribes existed as sovereign governments long before europeans settled here. Deliberate destruction of cultural heritage for political, military, religious, ideological, ethnic or racial reasons. Preparation- victims identified and separated out because of identity. Harsher form of colonialism in which settlers want to wipe out previous occupants. Policing the rez: native sovereignty, western domination cannot coexist with native sovereignty, federal and state responsibility: intention in not recognizing native. Americans on a state level: settler colonialism, executive, legislative and judicial branches all have great influence in uploading settler colonialism, what does a treaty symbolize, attempts to resist colonialism changed from physical to a more physical act. A: federal jurisdiction and penitentiary to isolate from communities, some centers focus efforts on rehabilitation- 70% of space used for programs, solitary confinement, detention system creates a source of isolation.
