17th century spanish occupation
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american expansionism
Author_Ronald Niezen
british colonialism
canadian expansionism
case study
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collective suffering
colonial powers
colonialism
cultural genocide
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french colonialism
indigenous people
nationalism
native americans
native cultures
native peoples
non native institutions
north america
spanish colonialism
spiritual beliefs
spiritual integrity
spiritual practices
spirituality
state governments
united states expansionism
westward expansion
Product details
- ISBN 9780520219878
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 2000
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"Spirit Wars" is an exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native people in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering - a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide. Ronald Niezen approaches this topic through wide-ranging case studies involving different colonial powers and state governments: the seventeenth-century Spanish occupation of the Southwest, the colonization of the Northeast by the French and British, nineteenth-century westward expansion and nationalism in the swelling United States and Canada, and twentieth-century struggles for native people's spiritual integrity and freedom. Each chapter deals with a specific dimension of the relationship between native people and non-native institutions, and together these topics yield a new understanding of the forces directed against the underpinnings of native cultures.
Ronald Niezen is Research Scholar in the History Department, University of Winnipeg, and is currently engaged in field research with the Pimicikamak Cree Nation. He has worked with a number of native communities in northern Canada and has served as a delegate to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
