Anti-Colonial & Fundraising Resources
This is a list in progress. Feel free to share resources that you like so that we can build upon it.
Readings about Colonialism, White Supremacy, & Black Mesa
- The Impact of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974 by the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission
- The Black Mesa Syndrome: Indian Lands, Black Gold – Judith Nies
- Geopolitics of the Navajo-Hopi ‘Land Dispute’ by John Redhouse
- Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality
- Catalyzing Liberation Toolkit: Anti-Racist Organizing to Build the 99% Movement.
Dismantling White Supremacy
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- Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy – Andrea Smith
- White Supremacy Culture – Tema Okun
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- From White Racist to White Anti-Racist by Tema Okun
Decolonization
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- Colonialism on the Ground – Waziyatawin
- Understanding Colonizer Status by Waziyatawin
- Un-Settling Settler Desires by Scott Morgensen
- Moving Beyond a Politics of Solidarity Towards a Practice of Decolonization by Harsha Walia
- Decolonizing AntiRacism by Lawrence and Dua
- Appreciation or Appropriation
- A Transformative Framework for Decolonizing Canada: A Non-Indigenous Approach by Paulette Regan
- Decolonization is not a Metaphor by Tuck and Yang
- Why indigenous and Racialized Struggles will Always be Appendixed by the Left by Zainab Amadahy
- Colonialism and State Dependency by Taiaiake Alfred
- Decolonization and Unsettling Settler Privilege Resource Page
Books:
- Unreal City: Las Vegas, Black Mesa, and the Fate of the West by Judith Nies
- Unsettling Ourselves: Reflections and Resources for Deconstructing Colonial Mentality by the Unsettling Minnesota Collective
- Bitter Water: Dine Oral Histories of the Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute by Malcolm Benally
- Conquest by Andrea Smith
- Race & Representation by bell hooks
- Wasáse by Taiaike Alfred
- This is What Justice Looks Like by Waziyatawin
- For Indigenous Eyes Only: A Decolonization Handbook by Waziyatawin and Michael Yellowbird
- The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond The Non-Profit Industrial Complex by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
- Spaces Between Us by Scott Morgensen
- Alliances: Re/Envisioning Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationships edited by Lynne Davis
- Wages of Whiteness by David Roedigger
Training
Direct Action, Anti-Oppression, and Community Organizing training will allow you to participate in actions and projects proposed by elders and on-land resistance communities. Here are some resources:
School of Unity and Liberation
Peoples’ Institute for Survival and Beyond
Center for Story Based Strategy
Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance
Helpful Fundraising Resources:
- BMIS Fundraising & Donation Guidelines
- BMIS Fundraising Letter Template
- 8 Ways to Raise $2,500 (or more) in 10 Days (or less, sometimes) Kim Klein and Stephanie Roth, by Kim Klein & Stephanie Roth
- Organizing and Fundraising – Sisters In The Struggle, by Vicki Quatmann
- Template Letter for Soliciting Donations
- Guidelines regarding support, representation, and accountability (coming soon!).
