American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 337-360
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Article details the formation of the Western Shoshone National Council and their role in resisting the ruling of the Indian Claims Commission that the Indian title on their traditional territories was extinguished in the late 19th century.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 213-235
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Author examines the movement of and reorganization of the Indigenous nations in the Puget Sound region of the United States in response to land seizure by the settler colonial state. Considers how contemporary governing bodies use that displacement to argue against the communities’ petitions to have their tribal statuses legally recognized.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, Shamans and Preachers, Color Symbolism and Commercial Evangelism: Reflections on Early Mid-Atlantic , Autumn, 1992, pp. 501-509
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Author discusses the ways that settler colonialism intersects with Christianity to create a framework that allows colonists in New England and New France to view Indigenous peoples as less civilized and therefore less human.