Land theft is the illegitimate taking of lands that belong to indigenous peoples.[1]
Examples of land theft include Israel's actions in the historic region of Mandatory Palestine[2] and Australia's actions towards their Aboriginal populations.[2] Land that has undergone this history is also referred to as stolen land.[1]
Land Back movements intend to restore some or all of this land back to their indigenous owners.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Chapter 8 Stolen Land to Stolen Oil: The Theft of Indigenous Political Economies", Colonialism Is Crime, Rutgers University Press, pp. 163–180, 2022-12-31, retrieved 2024-11-07
- ^ a b Wolfe, Patrick (December 2006). "Settler colonialism and the elimination of the native". Journal of Genocide Research. 8 (4): 387–409. doi:10.1080/14623520601056240. ISSN 1462-3528.
- ^ Pieratos, Nikki A; Manning, Sarah S; Tilsen, Nick (Feb 2021). "Land Back: A meta narrative to help indigenous people show up as movement leaders". Leadership. 17 (1): 47–61. doi:10.1177/1742715020976204. ISSN 1742-7150.