By Elizabeth Sackler – From Columbus to Cannon Ball: An Examination of Dominion and Dehumanization

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Elizabeth Sackler

American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation

Brooklyn Museum

28.03.2017

By Elizabeth Sackler – From Columbus to Cannon Ball: An Examination of Dominion and Dehumanization

From the earliest conquest to the latest conquest, First Peoples have survived oppression and genocide. “From Columbus to Cannon Ball” traces the concept of claimed rights at the root of the continuing fight for sovereign land in the face of bigotry, covert and overt abuse, and mass incarceration. With panelists: Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape), Cofounder, Indigenous Law Institute Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Cheyenne River Lakota), Host, First Voices Indigenous Radio NYC Phyllis Young (Standing Rock Sioux [Lakota/Dakota]), Cofounder, Women of All Red Nations Stephen Pevar, Senior Staff Counsel, ACLU, & Adjunct Professor, NYU Law School Moderated by Elizabeth A. Sackler, Founder, American Indian Ritual Object Repatriation Foundation. Part of the series "States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color," presented by the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 12, 2017. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/video/
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