Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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“The Genocidal Foundation of the United States" A history of settler colonialism and genocidal war that forms the foundation of the United States.
United States’ policies and actions related to Native Nations, though often termed “racist” or “discriminatory,” are rarely depicted as what they are: Classic cases of imperialism a particular form of colonialism—settler colonialism. The objective of Anglo-American authorities was to terminate Indigenous existence as peoples, not as random individuals. This is the very definition of genocide as elaborated in the 1948 United Nations Covenant on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Settler-colonialism required violence or the threat of violence to attain its goals of appropriating the land for agribusiness and real estate capital, which formed the foundation of the United States’ political and economic system. The threat of elimination remains real in the 21st century. Furthermore, these practices and the resulting social and cultural mindset are repeated around the war with US counterinsurgent wars and appropriation of resources.
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Books by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“An Indigenous Peoples' History Of The United States For Young People (revisioning American History For Young People)” (2019)
Going Beyond The Story Of America As A Country Discovered By A Few Brave Men In The New World, Indigenous Human Rights Advocate Roxanne Dunbar-ortiz Reveals The Roles That Settler Colonialism And Policies Of American Indian Genocide Played In Forming Our National Identity. The Original Academic Text Is Fully Adapted By Renowned Curriculum Experts Debbie Reese And Jean Mendoza, For Middle-grade And Young Adult Readers To Include Discussion Topics, Archival Images, Original Maps, Recommendations For Further Reading, And Other Materials To Encourage Students, Teachers, And General Readers To Think Critically About Their Own Place In History--
“All The Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans (mp3)” (2017)
All The Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans (mp3)
“The Great Sioux Nation” (2013)
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“Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie” (2006)
A classic in contemporary Oklahoma literature, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Red Dirt unearths the joys and ordeals of growing up poor during the 1940s and 1950s. In this exquisite rendering of her childhood in rural Oklahoma, from the Dust Bowl days to the end of the Eisenhower era, the author bears witness to a family and community that still cling to the dream of America as a republic of landowners.
“The Great Sioux Nation: Sitting In Judgement On America : Based On And Containing Testimony Heard At The Sioux Treaty Hearing Held December, 1974, In Federal District Court, Lincoln, Nebraska” (1977)
The Great Sioux Nation: Sitting In Judgement On America : Based On And Containing Testimony Heard At The Sioux Treaty Hearing Held December, 1974, In Federal District Court, Lincoln, Nebraska
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