A collection of key resources and perspectives to aid in building relationships of integrity and respect with Indigenous peoples as well as understanding the phenomena of “whiteness”.
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Decolonization & Cultural Understanding
- Two-Spirit People: Gender Variance & Resistance in Onkwehón:we Culture by Enaemaehkiw Túpac Keshena
- Euro-centric vs Afro-centric Analysis by Dr. Kwame Nantambu
- Indigenous Feminism Without Apology by Andrea Smith, Unsettling Ourselves
- Indigenous Settler? Decolonization and the Politics of Exile by Nuunja Kahina
- Anarchists and Marxists line up to the left, the path of the Anishinabek has always been right by Giibwanisi
- “Non-Indigenous Culture”: Implications of a Historical Anomaly by Derek Rasmussen
- You cant have your decolonized cake and eat from colonialism to… by Ancestral Pride
- Indigenous Women and Two-Spirited People: Our Work is Decolonization! by Chelsea Vowel
Cultural Appropriation & “Playing” Indian
- For All Those Who Were Indian In A Former Life by Andrea Smith
- The Difference Between Cultural Exchange and Cultural Appropriation by Jarune Uwujaren
- Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation? from Unsettling America
- Wanting to be Indian: When Spiritual Searching Turns into Cultural Theft by Myke Johnson
- Spiritual Hucksterism:The Rise of the Plastic Medicine Men by Ward Churchill
Solidarity & Allyship
- A collection of Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines from Unsettling America
- Settler Ally vs. Settler Brother/Sister by Giibwanisi
- Hijacked Canoes and Settler Ships: Indigenous Activists Discuss Environmentalism and Allies by Megan Kinch
- Everyone Calls Themselves An Ally Until It Is Time To Do Some Real Ally Shit by Xhopakelxhit, Ancestral Pride
- Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex from Indigenous Action Media
- Understanding Colonizer Status by Waziyatawin, Unsettling Ourselves
- Decolonizing Together by Harsha Walia
- On Anger, “Love Voices”, and “Divisiveness” In Their Environmental Movement by kat yang-stevens
- No More Allies by Mia McKenzie
- So You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All ‘Allies’ Need to Know by Jamie Utt
Unsettlement, Accountability & Restorative Justice
- Decolonizing Restorative Justice by Denise C. Breton, Unsettling Ourselves
- Collected Articles on Restorative Justice in Indigenous Communities
- Solidarity With American Indian Land Recovery: unfinished ideas on the decolonization of colonial descendants by Chris Kortright
- Calling IN: A Less Disposable Way of Holding Each Other Accountable by Ngọc Loan Trần
Looking at Whiteness
- Holding the Tension: Whiteness vs. European Cultural Identity by Jamie Utt
- Constructing Whiteness by Judy Helfand
- White Supremacy Culture from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
- Cultural Amnesia: How The Celts Became White by Tad Hargrave
- Embracing Rootedness and Radical Genealogy by Aurora Levins Morales
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- What White People Need to Learn by Mary Alice Daniel
- Can White People Handle Racism? Social Experiment May Be The Answer by Rae Kae (includes video of Jane Elliot’s Blue Eye/Brown Eye Experience)
- See Through by Andrea Gibson (spoken word)
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