Chapter 6Toolkit: Land Theft

You Can’t Discover a Place If People are Already There: The Importance of Addressing Indigenous Land Theft

What to Read

1 . Exterminate All the Brutes by Sven Lindqvist

2 . An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

3 . Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer

4 . The Removed by Brandon Hobson

5 . Under Nushagak Bluff by Mia Heavener

6 . Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 

7 . Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn by Larry Colton

What to Watch

1 . (PBS) Native America- Four Part Series

2 . Broken Rainbow

3 . Reservation Dogs

4 . ReAwake, A Dream From Standing Rock

5 . Exterminate All the Brutes

6 . End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock

What You Can Do

1 . Find out whose land you’re on (what indigenous people have historically been there and where are any nearby Native American communities?). Make sure you know correct pronunciation for the names of the Tribes, places, and individuals.

2 . Use appropriate language. Don’t sugarcoat the past. Use terms like genocide, ethnic cleansing, stolen land, and forced removal to reflect actions taken by colonizers.

3 . Support Indigenous organizations by donating your time and/or money.

4 . Support Indigenous-led grassroots change movements and campaigns. Encourage others to do so.

5 . Commit to returning land. Local, state, and federal governments around the world are currently returning land to Indigenous people. Individuals are returning their land, too. Research your options to return your land.

6 . Read books by Indigenous writers, watch movies and shows made by and casting Native Americans, and support Native American creators/artists.

Keep The Conversation Going

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