Settler Coloninalism and the Elimination of the Native - Patrick Wolfe PDF

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Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native - Patrick Wolfe Wolfe’s Thesis on Settler Colonialism ❖ Distinguishing terminology ❖ Settler colonialism is inherently eliminatory but not invariably genocidal” (387) ❖ The “logic of elimination” and territoriality Motives, +&-, and Destroying to Replace ❖ Positive vs. Negative DOES NOT EQUAL Good vs. Bad ❖ Getting rid of the old building completely before building it up again ❖ If you don’t leave we’re gonna kill you Complex Early Interactions ❖ Conflicting powers and “validity” of rights ❖ Preemptions ❖ “The American right to buy always superseded the Indian right not to sell” (391) Modernity: The Necessity of Land and Labor Agriculture: A Key component ❖ “Agriculture not only supports the other sectors. It is inherently sedentary, and therefore, permanent” (395). The Dawes Act of 1877 ❖ Also, the Dawes Act enabled large-scale forced assimilation boarding schools that became historically popular When Assimilation is not Enough ❖ “But only in this: that all the Indian there is the race should be dead. Kill the Indian in him and save the man” (397). ❖ “The only good Indian is a dead Indian” (397). Defining Terms and Exploring Meanings ❖ Genocide doesn’t have to be achieved through only murder of physical bodies. It can also include long-term damage through things like removal of a people and continued occupation, removal of a culture through forced assimilation, etc. (398), ❖ Wolfe is arguing that the term “logic of elimination” is preferable when considering settler colonialism Territory as Essential ❖ “Special kinds of genocide?” ❖ Logic of elimination and its foundation in territory. The Importance of Structure ❖ Wolfe argues that “logic of elimination” is a preferable term because of its permanency and emphasis that “settler colonizers come to stay: invasion is a structure not an event” (388). ❖ He argues that it is imperative to recognize the structuring of a colonial space through the continued use of occupied territory, but also to differentiate between terminologies and definitions when discussing genocide, colonialism, etc....