North American Genocides
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North American Genocides

Indigenous Nations, Settler Colonialism, and International Law

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  2. English
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North American Genocides

Indigenous Nations, Settler Colonialism, and International Law

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When and how might the term genocide appropriately be ascribed to the experience of North American Indigenous nations under settler colonialism? Laurelyn Whitt and Alan W. Clarke contend that, if certain events which occurred during the colonization of North America were to take place today, they could be prosecuted as genocide. The legal methodology that the authors develop to establish this draws upon the definition of genocide as presented in the United Nations Genocide Convention and enhanced by subsequent decisions in international legal fora. Focusing on early British colonization, the authors apply this methodology to two historical cases: that of the Beothuk Nation from 1500–1830, and of the Powhatan Tsenacommacah from 1607–77. North American Genocides concludes with a critique of the Conventional account of genocide, suggesting how it might evolve beyond its limitations to embrace the role of cultural destruction in undermining the viability of human groups.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781108425506
eBook ISBN
9781108582766
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Human Rights
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 North American Genocide Denial
  12. Chapter 2 The Legal Case for North American Genocides: a Retrospective Methodology
  13. Chapter 3 Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Nations
  14. Chapter 4 A Legal Primer for Settler Colonial Genocides
  15. Chapter 5 The Beothuk Nation (1500–1830)
  16. Chapter 6 The Powhatan Tsenacommacah (1607–1677)
  17. Chapter 7 The Conventional Account of Genocide: from a Restrictive to an Expansive Interpretation
  18. Chapter 8 Toward an Account of Systemic Genocide
  19. Appendix Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  20. Index

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