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The study of indigenous politics

Kevin Bruyneel (Babson): Political Science and the Study of Indigenous Politics. From Left Hook, Travis Reitsma on five reasons non-indigenous people should boycott “Indian” iconography in sports. Decolonizing together: Moving beyond a politics of solidarity toward a practice of decolonization. New World Sodom: Philip Colin Hawkins on Biblical tales of conquest and acculturation. Western Innocence: Jon Hinkson on why the West continues to devastate Aboriginal cultures. Humiliation, exploitation must stop: Suhas Chakma on why no time must be lost in creating a buffer zone for the Jarawas. Revealed: Secret agenda of ranchers to steal uncontacted tribe’s land. The ghost’s in the details, ma’am: Arundhati Roy has got it all wrong — the facts speak out against her romantic notions of the tribals’ fight. Indian islands challenge Supreme Court move to end “human safaris”. Aboriginal Education Matters: A series of articles on the status of aboriginal people and scholarship in the academy. Dean Ashenden on accidental white heroes of Aboriginal culture.