Disruption In Abya Yala And Turtle Island: A Summary

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Cultural Disruption and Indigenous Resilience in Abya Yala and Turtle Island The Spanish Colonial encounters in Abya Yala and Turtle Island held multifaceted effects on entire populations through various accounts including the spread of disease, entanglement of communities, and battles for land settlement. Through the tellings of primary sources, we find the complex perceptions of these encounters that deal with the imperishable impacts on indigenous people throughout centuries. The Book Twelve of the Florentine Codex, revealed by James Locket, dives into the direct repercussions of Spanish disease, including how it was transmitted as well as the lasting effects it had on indigenous groups. In addition, taking a look at secondary sources can …show more content…

3. Then, the sand is sanded. Although there were countless negative impacts to either side of the encounter, Nancy Shoemaker points out in A Strange Likeness that we generally dismiss the similarities they held over time. Their cultural exchange was crucial and points out that they both relied and shared on the same human instinct and cognitive frameworks and inherently relied on the same logic and intellectual tools to provide insight into the world around them, working in similar ways to elevate their understanding of greater social phenomena. The identities of colonial North American people were understandably fluid and could be constantly influenced. Mixing diverse cultural practices, languages, and conceptual knowledge produced newfound communities that defied the historical boundaries between race and culture. She uses examples, including maps drawn by Indians, proving to be incredibly useful and easily comprehended by …show more content…

Examining the loss of indigenous culture, Jean M. O’Brien elucidates in Dispossession by Degrees the processes in which the people of Turtle Island have been subjected to colonial policies that create a system of marginalization, enabling the dispossession of their land. As she conveys the traditional practices and traditions of Indigenous peoples, she strives to prove how the impact of European ideals fundamentally altered Indigenous rights and autonomy. Her outline combines the two versions of the social order that collided in colonial New England, how they conceptualized the land, identity, and shape of social relations and how they could sort out the strangeness of the colonial encounter. To understand the Indigenous perspective, we must acknowledge that their land was connected to spiritual realms, and in their culture, natural resources defined their place in the world. In contrast, the Eurocentric perspective held nature to a modifying standard, accompanying the transformation of Indigenous people's ways of life to align with Western

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