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  • ISSN: 2632-2463
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Abstract

As the decade closes, Indigenous peoples have re-emerged as a critical voice advocating not just for environmental justice but for an entirely different way of living and being with the world. As the descendants of the original inhabitants of lands now dominated by others, they are often entangled in ongoing struggles to protect their lands and sovereignty. Settler colonialism is now famously understood as a structure, not an event, meaning that colonial projects must be continually re-inscribed through discursive and juridical means in order to naturalize Indigenous dispossession. As a religious studies scholar, I am interested in the ways Native peoples in the United States operationalize religious action as an expression of refusal – a refusal to acquiesce their religious lifeways and rights to their lands.

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2020-07-01
2024-04-26
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Keyword(s): environmental justice; Indigenous sovereignty; Indigenous stewardship; Native Americans; religion; settler colonialism; social justice

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