A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and

In this provocative collection of essays, Ward Churchill examines the definition of genocide -- in legal as well as cultural terms. He begins by framing the matter of holocaust denial, examining both "revisionist" denial of the Jewish Holocaust, and the opposing claim of its exclusive "uniqueness." Then, using the true scope of what happened in Europe under Nazism as a reference point, Churchill provides a stunning array of evidence in support of the argument that genocide is precisely what has been carried out against Indians of the Americas since the arrival of Columbus, with atrocities continuing unabated today. Churchill reveals how the international definition of the crime of genocide has been subverted to meet various political ends -- and demonstrates why the historic and contemporary suffering of indigenous peoples should be included in this category.

Foreword What Every Indian Knows

xi

(2)

Pam Colorado

Preface

xiii

David Stannard

Introduction Encountering the American Holocaust The Politics of Affirmation and Denial

1

(18)

Ward Churchill

Assaults on Truth and Memory Holocaust Denial in Context

19

(44)

Lie for Lie Linkages between Holocaust Deniers and Proponents of the "Uniqueness of the Jewish Experience in World War II"

63

(18)

Deconstructing the Columbus Myth Was the "Great Discoverer" Italian or Spanish, Nazi or Jew?

81

(16)

Genocide in the Americas Landmarks from North and South America, 1492-1992

97

(32)

"Nits Make Lice" The Extermination of North American Indians, 1607-1996

129

(160)

Cold War Impacts on Native North America The Political Economy of Radioactive Colonization

289

(74)

The United States and the Genocide Convention The Saga of an Outlaw State, 1948-1988

363

(36)

Defining the Unthinkable Towards a Viable Understanding of Genocide

399

(46)

Bibliography

445

(62)

Index

507

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A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 to the Present

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