Article ID: CBB190948130

Tearing down the ‘buckskin curtain’: Domestic policy-making and Indigenous intellectuals in the Cold War United States and Canada (2020)

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North American Indigenous peoples remain overlooked in Cold War scholarship, despite being tangibly impacted by this global conflict. This article presents a study of four foundational texts, to argue that the Cold War shaped the introduction of new destructive Indian policies in the United States and Canada, which aimed to eradicate the special legal status of Indigenous peoples. Moreover, Indigenous activist intellectuals like Vine Deloria, Jr. and Harold Cardinal successfully embedded their writing in the Cold War context of decolonisation and anti-communism to challenge harmful federal policy and the image of the United States and Canada as upholding ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’.

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Authors & Contributors
Venegas, Cristina
Tyler David Morgenstern
Rice, Carla
Manning, Dolleen Tisawii'ashii
Stonefish, Mona
Ellinghaus, Katherine
Concepts
Colonialism
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Science and race
Public policy
Decolonization
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Modern
21st century
Places
Canada
United States
Hawaii (U.S.)
Niagara Falls
South Asia
Alberta, Canada
Institutions
Congress for Cultural Freedom
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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