From a Native Son, cover

From a Native Son: Selected Essays on Indigenism, 1985-1995 is a 1996 book by Ward Churchill. It is a collection of 23 previously published essays on various topics relevant to the indigenous peoples of the Americas (particularly of North America) in relation to their experience of being colonized. It is introduced by Howard Zinn. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Photo of Ward Churchill from University of Colorado faculty web page Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American writer, activist, and academic. ... Native Americans is a term which has several different common meanings and scope, according to regional use and context. ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Photo by Edward S. Curtis. ... It has been suggested that Colonisation be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ...

Publishing information

It was published by South End Press in 1996 as a 588-page hardcover (ISBN 0896085546) and paperback (ISBN 0896085538). South End Press is a non-profit book publisher which is run on a model of participatory economics, and was founded in 1977. ...

Synopsis

The book brings together a decade of Churchill's writings on American Indian history, culture, and political activism. The essays explore the themes "of genocide in the Americas, historical/legal (re)interpretation of the processes of conquest and colonization, literary/cinematic criticism, and the positing of indigenist alternatives to the status quo." The author gives his assessments of how Indians are represented on film, in literature, and in academic institutions in order to strengthen his case for believing in an ongoing "systematic cultural extermination". He analyses "Indian resistance--as it occurs in art, cultural practice, and activist struggle..." Genocide is defined by the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) article 2 as any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Colonialism. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films, individually and collectively. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A resistance movement is a non-military group or collection of individual groups, dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country through either the use of physical force, or nonviolence. ... Venus de Milo exhibited in the Louvre museum, France. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ...

The book is dedicated "for Aunt Bonnie, who inspired me more than she knew..."

Awards

The book won the 1997 Gustavus Myers Award for Outstanding Books on Human Rights. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

Contents

• Introduction by Howard Zinn
• Deconstructing the Columbus Myth: Was the "Great Discoverer" Italian or Spanish, Nazi or Jew?
• Since Predator Came: A Survey of Native North America Since 1492
• The Earth is Our Mother: Struggles for American Indian Land and Liberation in the Contemporary United States
• Genocide in Arizona?: The "Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute" in Perspective
• Native North America: The Political Economy of Radioactive Colonialism, with Winona LaDuke
• Like Sand in the Wind: The Making of an American Indian Diaspora in the United States
• Death Squads in the United States: Confessions of a Government Terrorist
• White Studies: The Intellectual Imperialism of U.S. Higher Education
• Literature and the Colonization of American Indians
• A Little Matter of Genocide: Colonialism and the Expropriation of Indigenous Spiritual Tradition in Academia
• Another Dry White Season: Jerry Mander's In the Absence of the Sacred
• Spiritual Hucksterism: The Rise of the Plastic Medicine Men
• Indians "R" Us: Reflections on the "Men's Movement"
• Fantasies of the Master Race: Categories of Stereotyping American Indians in Film
• Lawrence of South Dakota: Dances with Wolves and the Maintenance of the American Empire
• And They Did It Like Dogs in the Dirt ...: An Indigenist Analysis of Black Robe
• Let's Spread the "Fun" Around: The Issue of Sports Team Names and Mascots
• In the Matter of Julius Streicher: Applying Nuremberg Standards to the United States
• Semantic Masturbation on the Left: A Barrier to Unity and Action
• False Promises: An Indigenist Perspective on Marxist Theory and Practice
• Nobody's Pet Poodle: Jimmie Durham, an Artist for Native North America
• Another Vision of America: Simon J. Ortiz's From Sand Creek
• I Am Indigenist: Notes on the Ideology of the Fourth World
• Works by Author, 1980-1996
• Index

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External links

• From a Native Son at the publisher's site.