The Slow Genocide of Indigenous Nations and Peoples: Hiding in Plain Sight
Andrew Reid, JD
Fourth World Journal (2025) 25 (1): 247-428
Keywords Settler colonialism, Structural genocide, Ethnic cleansing, Forced assimilation, Slow genocide, Nations International Criminal Tribunal (NICT), Genocide terminology, Decolonizing genocide, Genocide studies, International Law
Abstract
British historian Patrick Wolfe opined that settler colonialism is not just an event in history but is structural and, by definition, eliminates to replace over time.Colonial rule and domination often seek the extermination of occupied nations and peoples through forced assimilation and attrition. Despite the fact that colonialism is at its core ethnic cleansing, forced assimilation, and slow genocide, the protracted colonial elimination of original nations and peoples has been largely excluded from the “crime of crimes” by international institutions, the developing law of genocide, and genocide scholars. This article seeks to address that deficiency.
Andrew Reid, JD
Published June 23, 2025
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