« Indigenous-settler relation and the question of Earth: Corey Snelgrove, ‘Resurgence and Reconciliation: Indigenous-Settler Relations and Earth Teachings’, aboriginal policy studies, 8, 2, 2020, pp. 106-113
Lifeworld reconstruction is what settlers do: Anna Boswell, ‘Climates of Change: A Tuatara’s-Eye View’, humanities, 2020 »

Indigenous internationalism now and then: Ed O’Loughlin, Mihir Zaveri, ‘Irish Return an Old Favor, Helping Native Americans Battling the Virus’, New York Times, 05/05/20

06May20

Excerpt: More than 170 years ago, the Choctaw Nation sent $170 to starving Irish families during the potato famine. A sculpture in County Cork commemorates the generosity of the tribe, itself poor. In recent decades, ties between Ireland and the Choctaws have grown. Now hundreds of Irish people are repaying that old kindness, giving to a charity drive for two Native American tribes suffering in the Covid-19 pandemic. 


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