Stevens, Scott Manning. "Indigenous sovereignty." Throughlines. www.throughlines.org/suite-content/indigenous-sovereignty. [Date accessed].

Indigenous sovereignty

The language of Native peoples' self-determination across North America.

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Scott Manning Stevens
Syracuse University

What is sovereignty within a world-view that has historically never recognized a “sovereign”? In a settler-colonial state, it is imperative to recognize how even liberatory language is steeped in hierarchical epistemologies. Scott Manning Stevens dives deep into the history of sovereignty and indigeneity, defining the relationship these concepts have to the past, present, and future of Native peoples' self-determination across North America.

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Close reading opportunities to engage students in discussions of sovereignty and self-determination in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

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Indigenous sovereignty and The Tempest

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