Abstract: This article contributes to the history of settler colonial relations in early New England by revealing previously missed allusions in Thomas Morton’s May Day poem. I uncover references to Captain Robert Gorges and the Council for New England that provide new information about the colonial history of Massachusetts from 1624 to 1627. I also […]

Excerpt: The government of Taiwan (the ROC) recently unveiled an ambitious campaign to establish Mandarin–English bilingualism by 2030. The impetus for the rapid advancement of English has been articulated within the discursive framework of neoliberal competition. The National Development Council (NDC), which heads the campaign, explains that the primary objectives of the “Bilingual Nation” policy […]

Abstract: This article explains how the US westward expansion influenced and stimulated Japanese migration to Brazil. Emerging in the nineteenth century as expanding powers in East Asia and Latin America, respectively, both Meiji Japan and post-independence Brazil looked to the US westward expansion as a central reference for their own processes of settler colonialism. The […]

Abstract: Indigenous resurgence movements in states like Canada and the U.S. have challenged immigrant and settler groups to confront their presence on colonized lands, and transform their relations with land and with Indigenous peoples. Part of this process of re-evaluation entails immigrant groups within the national order considering the ways in which they become implicated […]

Abstrcat: This chapter critically examines the Passaconaway Monument erected in 1899 by the Passaconaway Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men (IORM) in the Edson Cemetery in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts. In considering public monuments, one must ask which publics are involved in both production and consumption. While the general consuming public may […]

Abstract: Indigenous peoples experience water insecurity disproportionately. There are many parallels between the injustices experienced by racialized and marginalized populations and Indigenous peoples. However, the water insecurity experienced by Indigenous peoples is distinctly shaped by settler colonialism. This article draws on examples from Canada and the United States to illustrate how jurisdictional and regulatory injustices […]

Excerpt: Colonization is not a monolithic project. It is a project that is inflicted in varying yet consistently insidious ways. The books under review here explore how colonization in Latin America continues to be deployed through racial and gender violence as well as neoliberal policies and economic structures. They pay close attention to how Indigenous […]

Abstract: This essay examines Indigenous activists’ use of the social media platform Instagram to address and intervene in environmental injustices perpetrated by the outdoor recreation industry in the United States. It argues that the effectiveness of this work stems from the merging of social media systems with grounded Indigenous praxis. Since its origin in the […]

Abstract: Background: This article surveys recent engagement with infrastructure across several fields, with particular attention to analyses of the relationship between infrastructure, extractive capitalism, and settler colonialism.  Analysis: The article treats infrastructure as a form of non-discursive politics and examines the critical status of the concept in light of the historical and contemporary implications of infrastructure in […]

Abstract: Background: Various jurisdictions around the world have adopted online mineral staking platforms, designed to create a seamless process for acquiring mineral rights. This article considers how territory is mediated through staking practices and emerging digital prospecting procedures by tracing the implementation of Mineral Titles Online, Canada’s first web-based mineral title interface. Analysis: The article draws on […]