Violence on the Land
Overview:
Violence on The Land, Violence on Our Bodies” documents multiple forms and consequences of state and corporate ecological violence on Indigenous lands throughout North America, mainly in the form of extractive industries, and identifies how this contributes to gendered and sexualized forms of violence against predominately Indigenous women, girls, 2-Spirt and gender-variant peoples. The report also documents on the ground and embodied modes of resistance that Indigenous communities lead against settler colonial topographies of ecological, gender and sexual violence. In either a written or verbal format, you will connect Sarah Deer’s “Sovereignty of the Soul” to the “Violence on The Land, Violence on Our Bodies” report.
Analysis:
The connection should Examine how Sarah Deer’s structural or systemic analyses applies to the problems discussed in the VL/RB report. The particularities discussed in the chapter should be explicitly named and critiqued. No vague/general/ambiguous discussions. This is not a summary of the Deer reading nor the VL/VB report. General information: When presenting in a short time/space (written or verbal) your goal is to focus on the key or most significant ideas and be concise. This means not having unnecessary descriptive information (e.g., overusing details or summaries from the readings), and should be explicit with your point and connections/linkages. the links to reading provided.
Additional Guidelines
The quotes should be complete sentences (no more, less) and should be incorporate-d in your essay to illustrate your ideas. Please, cite your sources in a clickable reference list at the end. Also, do not copy without providing proper attribution (quotation marks and in-line citations). Also, write an essay format, not in bullet form, numbering, or another list format. It would be best if you use your own words. Lastly, proofread your work and run it through Grammarly for thorough confirmation.
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