Abstract: In 1956 the Indian Relocation Act transformed the makeup of American cities. Initially meant to assimilate Native Americans into the mainstream population by providing them with an education that would facilitate their employment and further integration into the city proper, Relocation provided migrating Indians with fertile soil for cultivating a panIndian identity. Urban spaces […]

Abstract: The meaning of the word ‘decolonization’ is rapidly changing in Canada. Today, the word has re-penetrated the psychology of mainstream Canadians. And, with mainstream society now finding the term effective and useful for advertising products the synonymity of the term with ‘anti-colonial’ is becoming a problem. Decolonization appears to be a decolonial term, but […]

Abstract: The Red Deal by The Red Nation and Red Media is a short but powerful political manifesto which offers readers a choice: climate extinction, or true, meaningful, and complete decolonization. With less than thirty years to reduce the earth’s carbon emissions to net zero, The Red Deal emphasizes that we cannot expect current oppressive […]

Abstract: In the 1850s goldrush, new communities emerged in Victoria with members from diverse origins of place, faith and ethnicity. Settlers usually migrated to pursue wealth; however, the social cohesion these young towns required often came from beyond logics of economy. As the goldrush waned from the 1860s, communal searches for children lost in the […]

Abstract: Until very recently settler colonialism was not a relevant consideration for Nordic trans-Atlantic migration. Drawing on archival data, this article explores migration from Finland to Brazil in the early to mid-twentieth century. A large proportion of the small number of Finnish migrants to Brazil were part of establishing, or living in, a utopian community […]

Abstract: This chapter examines ways in which Peace and Conflict Studies scholars and practitioners collude in settler colonialism, including the marginalization of Indigenous peoples and their eco-relational worldviews. The text critiques the worldview blindness of many western scholars as a central aspect of epistemic violence toward Indigenous peoples. Drawing on her experience in Australia and […]

Abstract: This article introduces White identity as an understudied concept in Canadian politics and compares how White settlers’ ingroup attachments and their outgroup attitudes—specifically, White settlers’ anti-Indigenous attitudes—shape Canadian politics. We find that White identity is associated with greater support for government spending on policies that disproportionately benefit White Canadians, such as pensions, whereas Indigenous […]

Abstract: The article proposes that climate change makes enduring colonial injustices and structures visible. It focuses on the imposition and dominance of colonial concepts of land and self-determination on Indigenous peoples in settler states. It argues that if the dominance of these colonial frameworks remains unaddressed, the progressing climate change will worsen other colonial injustices, […]

Description: Queer Professionals and Settler Colonialism works to dismantle the perception of an inclusive queer community by considering the ways white lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ+) people participate in larger processes of white settler colonialism in Canada. Cameron Greensmith analyses Toronto-based queer service organizations, including health care, social service, and educational initiatives, whose missions […]

Description: Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival illustrates how settler colonialism propelled U.S. government programs designed to assimilate generations of Native children at the Stewart Indian School (1890–1980). The school opened in Carson City, Nevada, in 1890 and embraced its mission to destroy the connections between Native children and their lands, isolate them from their families, and divorce […]