Title Red skin, white masks : rejecting the colonial politics of recognition / Glen Sean Coulthard ; foreword by Taiaiake Alfred

Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2014] ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 229 pages) Series Indigenous Americas Indigenous Americas. Contents Introduction : subjects of empire -- The politics of recognition in colonial contexts -- For the land : the Dene nation's struggle for self-determination -- Essentialism and the gendered politics of aboriginal self-government -- Seeing red : reconciliation and resentment -- The plunge into the chasm of the past : Fanon, self-recognition, and decolonization -- Conclusion : lessons from Idle No More : the future of Indigenous activism Summary "Over the past forty years, recognition has become the dominant mode of negotiation and decolonization between the nation-state and Indigenous nations in North America. The term 'recognition' shapes debates over Indigenous cultural distinctiveness, Indigenous rights to land and self-government, and Indigenous peoples' right to benefit from the development of their lands and resources. In a work of critically engaged political theory, Glen Sean Coulthard challenges recognition as a method of organizing difference and identity in liberal politics, questioning the assumption that contemporary difference and past histories of destructive colonialism between the state and Indigenous peoples can be reconciled through a process of acknowledgment. Beyond this, Coulthard examines an alternative politics--one that seeks to revalue, reconstruct, and redeploy Indigenous cultural practices based on self-recognition rather than on seeking appreciation from the very agents of colonialism. Coulthard demonstrates how a 'place-based' modification of Karl Marx's theory of 'primitive accumulation' throws light on Indigenous-state relations in settler-colonial contexts and how Frantz Fanon's critique of colonial recognition shows that this relationship reproduces itself over time. This framework strengthens his exploration of the ways that the politics of recognition has come to serve the interests of settler-colonial power. In addressing the core tenets of Indigenous resistance movements, like Red Power and Idle No More, Coulthard offers fresh insights into the politics of active decolonization"--Publisher's description Analysis First Nations First peoples Native Americans Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Politics and government Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Politics and government Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada Settler colonialism -- Political aspects -- Canada Indians of North America -- Canada -- Government relations. Indians of North America -- Canada -- Politics and government Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada Indians, Treatment of -- Canada. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies. Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Indians of North America -- Government relations Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. Indians of North America -- Politics and government Indians, Treatment of Indigenous peoples -- Government relations Indigenous peoples -- Legal status, laws, etc. Indigenous peoples -- Politics and government SUBJECT Canada -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects Subject Canada North America Kanada Genre/Form Electronic books. Form Electronic book Author Alfred, Taiaiake, author of introduction, etc ISBN 9781452942421 1452942420 9780816679652 0816679657 9781452948409 1452948402

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