Tag: Decolonization

Decolonizing Anthropology: Comprehensive Exam Practice

May 13, 2018

Describe what is meant when anthropology is labeled “colonial.” Anthropology has aided colonization by dehumanizing and stereotyping Natives, by causing an erasure of Native history and identity, by helping the colonial authorities manage native peoples, and by appropriating Native culture and knowledge. This essay will serve as a definition of the colonial effects of anthropology … More Decolonizing Anthropology: Comprehensive Exam Practice

NDNHISTORYRESEARCH Blog: 2016 review

December 20, 2016

An eventful year, 2016, for Indigenous peoples! We began the year with [nearly] a bang when the Malheur Wildlife refuge in Oregon was taken over and occupied by an American militia who basically wanted free land and free leasing of federal lands. This blog responded with a series of articles about the native indigenous history … More NDNHISTORYRESEARCH Blog: 2016 review

Contrasting Colonization in Grand Ronde and Belgium: Reverend Croquet and Cardinal Mercier

December 5, 2016

The story of the tribes of the United States is one of colonization and disenfranchisement. For hundreds of years, the tribes were subject to pressures from newcomers to their lands. Explorers, missionaries, traders, settlers, all manner of other people seeking to claim land, and take resources from the tribes. This story is well written in … More Contrasting Colonization in Grand Ronde and Belgium: Reverend Croquet and Cardinal Mercier

Kalapuyans: Seasonal Lifeways, TEK, Anthropocene

November 8, 2016

Kalapuyan History (summary) From original 25,000 Kalapuyan people (estimated) in 19 tribes and bands, they were reduced to about 800 by 1850 through diseases like malaria. The loss of population caused cultural collapse and the confederation of many different villages to a very few. This left the land open to settlement from other tribes and … More Kalapuyans: Seasonal Lifeways, TEK, Anthropocene

Are We Now Colonizing Ourselves!?

October 1, 2016

Native peoples are quick to note how colonization of tribal lands and societies has caused numerous problems. Colonization removed the agency of the original peoples and places it with the colonizers. The Colonizers, normally people of European origin, but really any expansionist nation, take control of vast areas of land and enslave Native peoples, commit … More Are We Now Colonizing Ourselves!?