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There is powerful evidence that the colonization of Indigenous people was and is a crime, and that that crime is on-going. The consequences of this oppression and criminal victimization is perhaps the critical factor explaining why Indigenous people today are overrepresented as victims and offenders in the settler colonist criminal justice systems.
List of contents
Foreword
1 Introduction: Crimes Against Indigenous Peoples, 1
2 Breaking and Bending the Law Historically, 45
3 Fraud, Theft, and the Trail of Broken Treaties, 71
4 Massacres to Murder: Violence Against Indigenous Peoples, 112
5 Institutionalized Torture and Pedophilia: Boarding Schools for Indigenous Children, 147
6 Conquest by Rape and Violence: Crimes against Indigenous Women, 193
7 The Conestoga Indians, Hate Crimes, and Domestic Terrorism, 245
8 Stolen Land to Stolen Oil: The Theft of Indigenous Political Economies, 275
9 Would You Drink This Water?: Crimes of Pollution and Toxic Dumping on Indigenous Lands, 301
10 Fighting Back: Colonial Settler Responsibilities and Indigenous Action, 333
Bibliography, 371
Index
About the Authors
About the author
MARIANNE O. NIELSEN is a professor of criminology at Northern Arizona University. She is the co-editor of Crime and Social Justice in Indian Country (University of Arizona Press, 2018).
LINDA M. ROBYN is a professor of criminology at Northern Arizona University and the author of numerous book chapters and journal articles on environmental crime, violence against women, and other topics.
Summary
There is powerful evidence that the colonization of Indigenous people was and is a crime, and that that crime is on-going. The consequences of this oppression and criminal victimization is perhaps the critical factor explaining why Indigenous people today are overrepresented as victims and offenders in the settler colonist criminal justice systems.
