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Native nations and communities, while struggling to maintain fundamental values and collectivity, have from the beginning resisted modern colonialism using both defensive and offensive techniques, including the modern forms of armed resistance of national liberation movements and what now is called terrorism.
Successful resistance leading to superior treatment of Native Americans in North and South America Mixtón War: 1540 1542 The Mixtón War was a rebellion by the Caxcan people of northwestern Mexico against the Spanish conquerors. [12] The war was named after Mixtón, a hill in Zacatecas which served as an Indigenous stronghold. Spanish victory
Indigenous resurgence is a transformative movement of resistance and decolonization. The practice of Indigenous resurgence is a form of regenerative nation-building and reconnection with all their relations. It constitutes kin-centric relationships among BIPOC peoples and with the natural world.
Asa Peters marched into a thicket of Japanese knotweed in the woods of coastal Massachusetts this month and began steadily hacking the towering, dense vegetation down to size. The 24-year-old ...
Political structures within Igorot society remained relatively the same. Throughout Spanish colonization, the Igorot people were aware of their independence and exercised self-determination in their affairs. [7] One consequence of Igorot resistance was the rise of the baknang class within Igorot society to a position of prominence. [4]
Gerald Vizenor coined the term survivance to characterize the struggle of colonized indigenous communities. [6] Combining the words "survival" and "resistance", he evokes "the duality of how Native Americans have survived brutal genocides and continue to resist white supremacist laws and culture that are designed to disenfranchise and assimilate".
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization is a book by Ward Churchill. It is a collection of essays on the efforts of Native Americans in the United States and in Canada to maintain their land tenure claims against government and corporate infringement.
Native American peoples still face challenges stemming from colonialism, including settler occupation of their traditional homelands, police brutality, hate crimes, vulnerability to climate change, and mental health issues. Despite this, Native American resistance to colonialism and genocide has persisted both in the past and the present.