"…in a few years by death and removes they were all gone…": Forced Relocation as Racial Violence
Author(s): Mark S. Tweedie; Allison J.M. McGovern
Year: 2016
Summary
Indigenous dispossession and forced relocation remain central features of historical narratives, as they are used to explain the seemingly "natural" cultural loss and subsequent disappearance of Native peoples. However, these occurrences are less frequently remembered as acts of violence that supported privilege and cultural hegemony. In this paper, documentary and archaeological evidence are used to highlight instances of indigenous removals on eastern Long Island in the post-contact era, and the possible signatures for indigenous resistance, as we investigate the complex contexts of forced relocation.
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"…in a few years by death and removes they were all gone…": Forced Relocation as Racial Violence. Mark S. Tweedie, Allison J.M. McGovern. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434321)
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Keywords
General
Dispossession
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Native Americans
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Race
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
Post-Contact
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 261