Branding Sweetgrass
Title: Print – Branding Sweetgrass (Settler Colonialism)
Subject: Genocide, Settler Colonialism, and Toxic Native Futurism (Non-comic/Sci-fi)
Created: 2022
Medium: Graphic Design
Software: Adobe Illustrator CS6
Dimensions: 36″x48″
Terminology
“Settler colonialism is an ongoing system of power that perpetuates the genocide and repression of indigenous peoples and cultures. Essentially hegemonic in scope, settler colonialism normalizes the continuous settler occupation, exploiting lands and resources to which indigenous peoples have genealogical relationships.” – Oxford Bibliographies, Settler Colonialism.
“The objective of settler colonialism is always the acquisition of Indigenous territories and resources, which means the Indigenous inhabitants must be eliminated. This can be accomplished in overt ways including biological warfare and military domination but also in more subtle ways; for example, through national policies of assimilation.” – Thought.com, American Settler Colonialism 101
Manifesto is “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer” – Merriam Webster Dictionary
Settler colonialism can be defined as a system of oppression based on genocide and colonialism, that aims to displace a population of a nation (oftentimes indigenous people) and replace it with a new settler population. Settler colonialism finds its foundations on a system of power perpetuated by settlers that represses indigenous people’s rights and cultures by erasing it and replacing it by their own.
Settler colonialism is based on the theft and exploitation of lands and resources that belong to the indigenous. History and current conflicts have shown that this ongoing system of oppression is mainly based on racism and white supremacy. – Cornell Law School, Settler Colonialism.
Poster
Download the 18″x24″ poster (.pdf), Print – Branding Sweetgrass (Settler Colonialism).
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Creative Commons License
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