PO 311D
North American Genocide
This course will introduce students to an array of genocidal policies inflicted upon Indigenous peoples across North America, and efforts for Indigenous resurgence after these destructive events and processes. At the core, violence in North America was/is designed to eliminate Indigenous peoples to make space for non-Indigenous Settlers. Understanding frontiers of colonial violence is critical for understanding diverse politics in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Students will critically assess past and present policies against Indigenous peoples across the North American continent, deep roots and long shadows of institutional discrimination and policies of erasure, and difficulties in achieving justice without paradigmatic socio-political transitions.
This course will introduce students to an array of genocidal policies inflicted upon Indigenous peoples across North America, and efforts for Indigenous resurgence after these destructive events and processes. At the core, violence in North America was/is designed to eliminate Indigenous peoples to make space for non-Indigenous Settlers. Understanding frontiers of colonial violence is critical for understanding diverse politics in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Students will critically assess past and present policies against Indigenous peoples across the North American continent, deep roots and long shadows of institutional discrimination and policies of erasure, and difficulties in achieving justice without paradigmatic socio-political transitions.
This course will introduce students to an array of genocidal policies inflicted upon Indigenous peoples across North America, and efforts for Indigenous resurgence after these destructive events and processes. At the core, violence in North America was/is designed to eliminate Indigenous peoples to make space for non-Indigenous Settlers. Understanding frontiers of colonial violence is critical for understanding diverse politics in Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Students will critically assess past and present policies against Indigenous peoples across the North American continent, deep roots and long shadows of institutional discrimination and policies of erasure, and difficulties in achieving justice without paradigmatic socio-political transitions.