Settler Military Politics

On the Inclusion and Recognition of Indigenous People in the Military

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2236620
AutoresFederica Caso (0000-0002-1136-2811, The University of Queensland, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Volumen16
Número1
Fecha de publicación2022-04-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Political Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-5679 • E-ISSN: 1749-5687
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ips/olab026
OpenAlexW3204162479
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas51

After decades of refusal, neglect, and tacit admittance, the service of Indigenous people in the national armed forces of settler colonial states such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States is finally gaining acknowledgment. Indigenous people are now integrated in the regular forces and represented in national war commemoration. This article maintains that while inclusion and recognition of Indigenous military service is a positive transformation in the direction of post-colonial reconciliation, it still operates within the logics of settler colonialism intended to eradicate Indigenous stories of connection to land and assimilate Indigenous people in settler society. Using the case study of Indigenous militarization in Australia, this article argues that, under conditions of settler colonialism, the inclusion and recognition of Indigenous people in national militaries advances the settler colonial project intended to dispossess Indigenous people from their land and assimilate them in the new settler society. It highlights that historically, military organization has supported settler colonialism, and positions the present inclusion and recognition of Indigenous people in the military as a continuation of this history

Colonialism · Inclusion (mineral) · Indigenous · Militarization · Military service · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Canadian Identity and History · Ecology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law