Settler Colonial Sovereignty: Visions of Improvement and Indigenous Erasure

Settler Colonial Sovereignty: Visions of Improvement and Indigenous ErasureKnowledge production in the Anglosphere depends on the erasure of non Western ways of knowing especially ways of knowing oneself, the lands and waters, and the relationships between these entities. In settler colonial states those in power seldom question this erasure, despite the ongoing presence and power of Indigenous nations. In this groundbreaking work, Liam Midzain Gobin illuminates how the logic of improvement animates this epistemological

Quill shares her own experiences of gendered violence and her father's survival of residential school

such as getting more in touch with our bodies

albeit with enormous tension around issues of jurisdiction and legitimacy

Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) recounted the story of his traditional Sioux Childhood and youth

Rarely accessible beyond the limits of its people

repair their kayak

Deeply rooted within

On their journey

Manu Karuka situates the railroad within the violent global histories of colonialism and capitalism

and a national network of individuals linked in their search for self and social acceptance

ominous future

but still think we should quit making veterans