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Research Institute Spotlight Event
Elizabeth Reese, “Race and Colonialism's Role in Structuring American Democratic Representation to Exclude Native American Governments,” in conversation with C. Matthew Snipp (Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Diversity and Engagement, and Professor o
Date
Wed October 16th 2024, 12:00 - 1:30pm PDT
Location
Building 360
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
CCSRE Conference Room
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), 450 Jane Stanford Way Building 360, Stanford, CA 94305
CCSRE Conference Room
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Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity

We have 50 States and 574 Tribal Nations and yet only the States have the power to elect representatives to Congress. Why? Professor Reese will discuss how we got here. White majorities denied Native people’s individual rights, attempts to secure delegates, and statehood to Native areas until they assimilated or were outnumbered. Federal policies made American citizenship a tool of tribal destruction. These dynamics, which Reese dubs “assimilative colonialism,” shaped our democracy, and had a lasting effect on Native people’s relationships with political power—making them see political power, not as empowering, but as dangerous.
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