Settler sidekick solidarity?: response to Lorenzo Veracini: 'Is settler colonial studies even useful?'

Being neither a settler colonial studies practitioner nor among those who have accused it of being 'useless' or 'detrimental to Indigenous struggles', I approach the arguments Lorenzo Veracini references in his commentary as an (engaged) observer. Those of us in Indigenous studie...

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Published inPostcolonial studies Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 283 - 289
Main Author Warrior, Robert
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 03.04.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
American Indians
American studies
Colonialism
Indigenous studies
Leadership
settler colonial studies
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Summary:Being neither a settler colonial studies practitioner nor among those who have accused it of being 'useless' or 'detrimental to Indigenous struggles', I approach the arguments Lorenzo Veracini references in his commentary as an (engaged) observer. Those of us in Indigenous studies can hardly help but be engaged observers of settler colonial studies, especially those like me who are also connected to American studies. Veracini's defence of settler colonial studies is one I want to engage not only as a working scholar but also as someone who has been actively involved in leadership positions in scholarly associations connected to these two other fields. I was one of the six founders of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) and I have held multiple offices in the American Studies Association (ASA), which has given my a pretty good working knowledge of these fields.
ISSN:1368-8790
1466-1888
DOI:10.1080/13688790.2020.1857024