Resources
Want a good place to start learning more? Here's what we have read recently, are currently reading, and/or believe are important. Please keep in mind this is a starting list that will continue to evolve. If you are looking for more specific resources, please use the drop-down menu to access resources to the San Francisco Bay Area community and beyond. For more information, please contact the ARO.
Jonathan's (Short) Recommended Reading List, By Topic
Sovereignty
"Congressional Power and Sovereignty in Indian Affairs" by Michalyn Steele (2018)
"They Were Here First: American Indian Tribes, Race, and the Constitutional Minimum" by Sarah Krakoff (2017)
The White Possessive by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (2015)
"Congressional Power and Sovereignty in Indian Affairs" by Michalyn Steele (2018)
"They Were Here First: American Indian Tribes, Race, and the Constitutional Minimum" by Sarah Krakoff (2017)
The White Possessive by Aileen Moreton-Robinson (2015)
Colonialism, Coloniality, and Settler Colonialism
Red Skin, White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard (2014)
The Transit of Empire by Jodi A. Byrd (2011)
On the Coloniality of Power by Anibal Quijano (2024)
Red Skin, White Masks by Glen Sean Coulthard (2014)
The Transit of Empire by Jodi A. Byrd (2011)
On the Coloniality of Power by Anibal Quijano (2024)
Decolonization (I suggest that these be read in order as listed)
"Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native" by Patrick Wolfe (2006)
"Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor" by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang (2012)
"Colonising White Innocence: Complicity and Critical Encounters" by Alissa Macoun (2016)
"Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native" by Patrick Wolfe (2006)
"Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor" by Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang (2012)
"Colonising White Innocence: Complicity and Critical Encounters" by Alissa Macoun (2016)
Indigenous Resurgence
Peace, Power, Righteousness by Taiaiake Alfred (2009)
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (2017)
Peace, Power, Righteousness by Taiaiake Alfred (2009)
As We Have Always Done by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (2017)
Alternative Visions for the Future
Law and the Epistemologies of the South, Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023)
The End of the Cognitive Empire by Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2018)
Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2014)
The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a Deep Alternative by Claudia von Werlhof (2011)
Law and the Epistemologies of the South, Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023)
The End of the Cognitive Empire by Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2018)
Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2014)
The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a Deep Alternative by Claudia von Werlhof (2011)