Settler colonialism aims to terminate peoples’ existence, not individuals

Evidence

The form of colonialism that the Indigenous peoples of North America have experienced was modern from the beginning: the expansion of European corporations, backed by government armies, into foreign areas, with subsequent expropriation of lands and resources. Settler colonialism is a genocidal policy. 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. In every instance they have fought for survival as peoples. The objective of US colonialist authorities was to terminate their existence as peoples—not as random individuals. This is the very definition of modern genocide as contrasted with premodern instances of extreme violence that did not have the goal of extinction. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 17

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes modern genocide’s collective-extinction goal from premodern violence.
• XREF: Reconnects to the genocide-convention definitions introduced later at paragraph 21. — connects to: US Indian policy constitutes settler colonialism rather than mere discrimination — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 4; Settlers often integrated with the native population instead of exterminating them — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 107; European colonization triggered demographic collapse and forced removal that shattered existing Indigenous societies — The Social Consequences of Colonialism (+10 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 17

Related

• US Indian policy constitutes settler colonialism rather than mere discrimination (similarity 0.87)
• Dutch colonial rule required the Indies never become settlers’ home (similarity 0.86)
• Tarrant’s massacre repeated settler-colonial violence against indigenous peoples (similarity 0.82)
• Settler schooling functioned deliberately as deculturalization of native peoples (similarity 0.82)
• U.S. treatment of Native Americans constituted genocide through varied means including education (similarity 0.81)
• The first European settlement in the Americas quickly collapsed into violence with indigenous peoples (similarity 0.81)
• Settlers often integrated with the native population instead of exterminating them (similarity 0.80)
• Disease deaths under colonial conditions constitute genocide by neglect. (similarity 0.79)
• American settlement was a history of dispossessing native peoples (similarity 0.79)
• Settler-colonial elimination is a permanent structural principle, not a one-time event. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Settlers often integrated with the native population instead of exterminating them #contradicts (0.85) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 107
• Disease deaths under colonial conditions constitute genocide by neglect. #exemplifies (0.85) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 103
• European maps ignored Native settlements in favor of colonial ones. #exemplifies (0.75) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 1354
• Colonial doctrines of justification push colonized peoples toward rigid counter-proposals #expands (0.30)