Abstract: The continuous process of settler colonialism in Canada has profoundly impacted Indigenous Peoples’ relationship with the Land and water, which holds immense significance in their healing journey. Reconnecting with the land and water through culturally rooted practices has far-reaching implications for the health and well-being of Indigenous communities. Maintaining a strong bond with the […]

Description: For more than one hundred years, the Conquest of the Desert (1878-1885) has marked Argentina’s historical passage between eras, standing at the gateway to the nation’s “Golden Age” of progress, modernity, and–most contentiously–national whiteness and the “invisibilization” of Indigenous peoples. This traditional narrative has deeply influenced the ways in which many Argentines understand their […]

Description: Separating “Old Florida” myths from realities in a tourist haven with a deep Indigenous past. Themes of unspoiled paradise tamed by progress can be seen in stories about pioneer history across the United States, especially in Florida. Selling Vero Beach explores how settlers from northern states created myths about the Indian River area on Florida’s Atlantic […]

Abstract: At the end of the second decade of the twenty first century, Israel has sought to align itself with a range of Indigenous struggles both to conceal the ongoing nature of settler-colonialism and to attempt to position the Zionist-state project as an indigenous one. This article examines one instance of this trend, in the […]

Abstract: In May 1948, approximately 700,000 Palestinians were exiled from their homeland when the state of Israel was created. Israeli settler colonialism in Palestine has been ongoing since then, as Palestinian land, culture, language, art, and food continue to be appropriated by the Israeli settler state. This essay examines one Palestinian traditional art form: Palestinian […]

Abstract: This article examines the politics of music at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the flagship federal offreservation boarding school for the compulsory education of Indigenous children, established in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1879. By examining the music education and performance culture at the Carlisle School, this article considers the role of music both within boarding […]

Abstract: This article explores the dynamics of settler mimicry in Israel—Palestine and its manifestations in the visual arts. It probes the operation of mimicry as a colonial strategy but also emphasizes its decolonial potential. Although imitation of the Palestinian natives enables Israeli settlers to annex the territory, this article suggests that mimicry can be delinked […]

Abstract: After 1925, German settlers began to return to the former German East Africa, lost through the Treaty of Versailles and transformed into the British Mandate of Tanganyika. The German Foreign Office’s Colonial Section took on a proactive role to facilitate these Germans’ settlement in their former colony, including working with German ministries to release […]

Description: Native Lands analyzes the role of visual and literary culture in contemporary Indigenous campaigns for territorial rights. In the post-1960s era, Indigenous artists and writers have created works that align with the goals and strategies of new Native land-based movements. These works represent Native histories and epistemologies in ways that complement activist endeavors, while also probing the limits […]

Summary: After five months of military operations, Israel has destroyed Gaza. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 13,000 children. Over 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000 injured, many with life-changing mutilations. Seventy percent of residential areas have been destroyed. Eighty percent of the whole population has been forcibly displaced. Thousands of families […]