Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Colonialism and Imperialism: Indigenous Resistance on the US/Mexico Border

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Article

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

The Rio Grande River became a boundary after the Mexican-American War (1846- 1848), dividing families and communities living along its banks. In 2005 the US Congress began enacting legislation for the purposes of building a physical fence along the US-Mexico border. As such, this digital media project foregrounds the story of Dr. Tamez, a tribal elder and retired colonel, and her Lipan Apache Band in their fight for social justice, a fight that went to federal court, and spurred an inquiry and report by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

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© koninklijke brill nv, leiden.

Publication Title

Perspectives on Global Development and Technology

DOI

10.1163/15691497-12341418

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