Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
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Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
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Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
Arizona Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 137-152
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Discusses similarities in the socio-economic realities faced, with a focus on the lack of power faced by Native Americans and African Americans and and their need to find artistic outlets of exchange.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 289-304
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Comments on the debilitating aspects of colonialism and how Aboriginal people can combat racism effectively by working together to empower each other as a cultural group.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 70-90
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This literary criticism article examines the intersections and lasting consequences of settler colonialism and the chattel enslavement of African people on North American lands, cultures and identities in the context of the novel.