US Indian policy constitutes settler colonialism rather than mere discrimination

Evidence

US policies and actions related to Indigenous peoples, though often termed “racist” or “discriminatory,” are rarely depicted as what they are: classic cases of imperialism and a particular form of colonialism—settler colonialism. As anthropologist Patrick Wolfe writes, “The question of genocide is never far from discussions of settler colonialism. Land is life—or, at least, land is necessary for life.” — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 4

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines settler colonialism as the framework, distinguishing it from racism/discrimination.
• XREF: Connects to Wolfe’s settler-colonial theory used widely across postcolonial and Native studies. — connects to: Settler colonialism aims to terminate peoples’ existence, not individuals — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 17; US conquest of the Sioux followed the classic stages of colonialism — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 480; Settlers often integrated with the native population instead of exterminating them — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 107 (+8 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 4

Broader Connections

• Settler colonialism aims to terminate peoples’ existence, not individuals #expands (0.85) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 17
• US conquest of the Sioux followed the classic stages of colonialism #exemplifies (0.80) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 480
• Settlers often integrated with the native population instead of exterminating them #contradicts (0.75) — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 107
• Colonialism can be internally duplicated within a colonized country #expands (0.70)
• Contemporary US imperial racism echoes the founding wars against indigenous peoples #corroborates (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 7
• Colonial life was structurally split between settler existence and colonized agony #expands (0.60)
• Race, not sex, formed the foundational axis of American colonial oppression #corroborates (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 356