Confronting the Past: Legacies of Indigenous Genocide in the Americas
Five scholars and activists from North, Central, and South America will meet to discuss the reckoning with the legacies of indigenous genocide and the struggles for recognition and justice in their respective countries/regions.
A virtual panel with Brenda Child (American Indian Studies, UMN), Herson Huinca-Piutrin (Comunidad de Historia Mapuche), Flori Boj-Lopez (UCLA), and Nancy Paola Chaves (Universidad del Valle, Colombia). Moderated by Gabriela Spears-Rico (American Indian Studies and Chicano & Latino Studies, UMN).
Brenda Child
American Indian Boarding School History and the Hidden History of Dispossession
Herson Huinca-Piutrin
Genocidio y Colonialismo en Wallmapu: Perspectivas Históricas Mapuch (Genocide and Colonialism in Wallmapu: Mapuch Historical Perspectives)
Floridalma Boj Lopez
Towards a Politics of Indigenous Migration Beyond Terror
Presented by the Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies. Part of the series celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Week from CHGS. Part of the Seeking Justice: Transformative Change from Global to Local series from the Institute for Global Studies.