Roxanne Dunbar-Ortíz – Genocide & Settler Colonialism

Program Title: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortíz – Genocide & Settler Colonialism
Description: Genocide is the most heinous of crimes and it connects to settler colonialism. Historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz says, “Settler colonialism requires genocidal violence to attain its goal” of acquiring land. In North America and elsewhere this meant the Indigenous population was targeted for mass murder. North America’s huge landmass and resources drove the policy. In Germany, there was the Nazi desire for lebensraum, living space, in Eastern Europe. It’s interesting to see the parallels. The U.S. General William Sherman said in 1873, "We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women, and children.” Seventy years later in 1943, Heinrich Himmler, the notorious SS commander, said, “I want to mention a very difficult subject with complete candor. I am talking about the extermination of the Jewish people.”

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortíz grew up in rural Oklahoma, the daughter of a tenant farmer and part-Indian mother. A distinguished scholar, she has been active in the international Indigenous movement for many years and is known for her commitment to social justice issues. She is the recipient of the Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize. She is the author of a number of books including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, winner of the American Book Award and Not a Nation of Immigrants.

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Topic: Politics Type: Speech/Presentation

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