Native America and the Question of Genocide - Academic Book on Indigenous History & Human Rights Studies | Perfect for History Classes & Cultural Research
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Did Native Americans suffer genocide? This controversial question lies at the heart of Native America and the Question of Genocide. After reviewing the various meanings of the word “genocide,” author Alex Alvarez examines a range of well-known examples, such as the Sand Creek Massacre and the Long Walk of the Navajo, to determine where genocide occurred and where it did not. The book explores the destructive beliefs of the European settlers and then looks at topics including disease, war, and education through the lens of genocide.Native America and the Question of Genocide shows the diversity of Native American experiences postcontact and illustrates how tribes relied on ever-evolving and changing strategies of confrontation and accommodation, depending on their location, the time period, and individuals involved, and how these often resulted in very different experiences. Alvarez treats this difficult subject with sensitivity and uncovers the complex realities of this troubling period in American history.
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In my mind Native America and the Question of Genocide represents the best of the best in contemporary critical sociology and cultural study. This book takes a pragmatic approach to scholarly-activism, an approach that I find powerfully uplifting. With great skill, Professor Alvarez uses verifiable facts carefully sifted from mountains of historical documents to peel back layers of political hyperbole to reveal the complexities of colonization of an entire race. He then draws upon the latest in genocide research and scholarship to critically assess the meanings of those realities on a global scale. He manages to reveal the complexity of the problem in an accessible and empathetic manner. His research leaves no doubt that Native America has endured trauma on a massive scale. His analysis makes plain that while this is a tragedy of immense proportion, it does the victims a disservice to call it 'genocide.' While such a conclusion is sure to unsettle to those who have sought political leverage through the use of the term 'genocide,' it also opens the door for more realistic attendance to the contemporary plights of both colonization victims and genocide victims on a global scale.
