Margins are central: identity and indigenous resistance to colonial globalization in Guam

This article examines the evolving relations between Israel and the indigenous Bedouin Arab population of the southern Beer-Sheba region. It begins with a discussion of theoretical aspects, highlighting a structural conflict embedded in the ‘ethnocratic’ nature of nation-building typical of ‘pure’ settler states, such as Israel. The place of the Bedouin Arab community is then analyzed, focusing on the impact of one of Israel's central policies—the Judaization of territory. The study traces the various legal, planning and economic strategies of Judaizing contested lands in the study area. These have included the nationalization of Arab land, the pervasive establishment of Jewish settlements, the forced urbanization of the Bedouin Arabs, and the denial of basic services to Bedouins who refuse to urbanize. However, the analysis also finds a growing awareness among indigenous Arabs of their being discriminated against on ethnic grounds, and the emergence of effective resistance. In recent years, this has resulted in a deadlock between state authorities and the indigenous peoples. The case of the Bedouin Arabs demonstrates that the ethnocentric settler state is weakening and fragmenting, partially at least, due to its own expansionist land, planning and development policies.

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Legacies of Indigenous Resistance

10.3726/b14255 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matteo Dutto

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Resistance

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Tautai

10.21313/hawaii/9780824866532.001.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Patricia O'Brien

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

British Empire ◽

League Of Nations ◽

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

World War ◽

World War One ◽

Indigenous Resistance ◽

World Government ◽

Pacific History ◽

The World

This is a biography of Ta’isi O. F. Nelson, the Sāmoan nationalist leader who fought New Zealand, the British Empire and the League of Nations between the world wars. It is a richly layered history that weaves a personal and Pacific history with one that illuminates the global crisis of empire after World War One. Ta’isi’s story weaves Sweden with deep histories of Sāmoa that in the late nineteenth century became deeply inflected with colonial machinations of Germany, Britain, New Zealand and the U. S.. After Sāmoa was made a mandate of the League of Nations in 1921, the workings and aspirations of that newly minted form of world government came to bear on the island nation and Ta’isi and his fellow Sāmoan tested the League’s powers through their relentless non-violent campaign for justice. Ta’isi was Sāmoa’s leading businessman who was blamed for the on-going agitation in Sāmoa; for his trouble he was subjected to two periods of exile, humiliation and a concerted campaign intent on his financial ruin. Using many new sources, this book tells Ta’isi’s untold story, providing fresh and intriguing new aspects to the global story of indigenous resistance in the twentieth century.

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Epistemic Injustice and Indigenous Women: Toward Centering Indigeneity in Social Work

Affilia ◽

10.1177/0886109920985265 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 088610992098526

Author(s):

Marjorie Johnstone ◽

Eunjung Lee

Keyword(s):

Social Workers ◽

Indigenous Women ◽

Epistemic Injustice ◽

Feminist Activism ◽

Indigenous Resistance ◽

Systemic Analysis ◽

Life Journey ◽

Women And Girls ◽

Miranda Fricker ◽

Individual Perspective

Using the theoretical framework of epistemic injustice articulated by philosopher Miranda Fricker as an analytic tool, we analyze recent victories of Indigenous feminist activism in gathering the stories of Indigenous women, challenging dominant meta-narratives and rewriting the herstory of Canada. We use the epistemic concept of the hermeneutic gap to consider the implications of this resistance in conjunction with the increased visibility of the intersectional positionality of Indigenous women. To illustrate our analysis, we focus on two case studies. Firstly, an individual perspective through the life journey of a feminist Anishinaabe Activist, Bridgett Perrier. Secondly, we conduct a systemic analysis of the recent Report on the National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). We close with a discussion on how critical it is for social workers—especially non-Indigenous social workers—to relearn and document the meaning of the MMIWG issues. This includes recognizing Indigenous resistance, activism, and the newly formulated hermeneutic understandings that are emerging. Then, the final task is to apply these concepts to their practice and heed the calls to action which the report calls for.

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The Construction of Peace in the Chiapas Highlands: Indigenous Resistance to Structural Violence

Latin American Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0094582x20975013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0094582X2097501

Author(s):

Efrén Orozco López ◽

Leonardo Nicolás González Torres

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Food Production ◽

Structural Violence ◽

Volunteer Work ◽

Civil Society Organization ◽

Solidarity Economy ◽

Social Fabric ◽

Indigenous Resistance ◽

The Social ◽

Sociedad Civil

The indigenous community of Acteal in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, has been subject to both direct and structural violence in the form of the massacre that took place there in 1997 and the impunity that has persisted ever since. In response to the violence, the community has constructed political, social, and cultural alternatives through the movement known as the Las Abejas of Acteal Civil Society Organization. Its reconstruction of the social fabric has included participation in assembies, volunteer work for the collective, exchange of experiences, food production for subsistence, a solidarity economy, and the systematization and sharing of experiences. La comunidad indígena de Acteal en las tierras altas de Chiapas, México, ha sido objeto de violencia tanto directa y estructural a partir de la masacre que tuvo lugar allí en 1997, así como la impunidad que ha persistido desde entonces. En respuesta a la violencia, la comunidad ha construido alternativas políticas, sociales y culturales a través del movimiento conocido como Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal. Su reconstrucción del tejido social ha incluido la participación en asambleas, el voluntariado para el colectivo, el intercambio de experiencias, la producción de alimentos para subsistencia, una economía solidaria, y la sistematización e intercambio de experiencias.

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Complexities of Displaced Indigenous Identities: A Fifty Year Journey Home, to Two Homes

Genealogy ◽

10.3390/genealogy5030062 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 62

Author(s):

Lou Netana-Glover

Keyword(s):

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Government Policies ◽

Personal Account ◽

Biological Father ◽

Colonial Era ◽

Indigenous Resistance ◽

The World ◽

The Way

In colonised territories all over the world, place-based identity has been interrupted by invading displacement cultures. Indigenous identities have become more complex in response to and because of racist and genocidal government policies that have displaced Indigenous peoples. This paper is a personal account of the identity journey of the author, that demonstrates how macrocosmic colonial themes of racism, protectionism, truth suppression, settler control of Indigenous relationships, and Indigenous resistance and survivance responses can play out through an individual’s journey. The brown skinned author started life being told that she was (a white) Australian; she was told of her father’s Aboriginality in her 20s, only to learn at age 50 of her mother’s affair and that her biological father is Māori. The author’s journey demonstrates the way in which Indigenous identities in the colonial era are context driven, and subject to affect by infinite relational variables such as who has the power to control narrative, and other colonial interventions that occur when a displacement culture invades place-based cultures.

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