« Settlers think they can be native (as settlers are made by conquest AND movement, it stands to reason that Indigenous people are made by permanence AND subjection, so no, settlers cannot be ‘Indigenous’): Sibusiso Maseko, Kevin Durrheim, ‘Simmering hostilities, group identity, and contested autochthony beliefs in settler societies’, in Anna Kende, Barbara Lášticová, The Psychology of Politically Unstable Societies, Routledge, 2023
The bison will not make them Indigenous: Red Burkett, Methodological Analysis on Settler Territoriality and the Rise of the Yellowstone Wild Bison Advocacy Movement, MA dissertation,  Syracuse University, 2023 »

Nice try, but unconvincing (as Zionists are made by movement AND conquest, it stands to reason that Indigenous Palestinians are made by permanence AND subjection, so no, relating to a ‘homeland’ does not make one ‘Indigenous’ or Indigenous-like): Zac Roberts, ‘Settler Colonialism, Jews, and Indigenous Peoples: Theorising homelands as a point of connection in Indigenous-Jewish relations in so-called Australia’, in Bronwyn Carlson, Madi Day, Sandy O’Sullivan, Tristan Kennedy (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Australian Indigenous Peoples and Futures, Routledge, 2023

16Aug23

Abstract: The idea of connecting with a homeland is often the first example given when exploring relationships between Indigenous and Jewish people and communities in so-called Australia. However, the concept of a ‘homeland’ is undertheorised, and while it is a popular example and there are superficial comparisons, the concept nevertheless deserves more attention. This chapter draws on oral history testimonies of Indigenous and Jewish community members to explore whether Jewish conceptions of ‘the promised land’ and Indigenous conceptions of Country are indeed comparable. I contextualise these discussions within settler colonial discourse and Jewish situatedness on Indigenous homelands. In doing so, this chapter furthers growing discussion regarding relationships between non-Christian religious communities and Indigenous peoples in so-called Australia.


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