Soul-Searching at Standing Rock

Authors

  • Jonathan Vaughn Pacifica Graduate Institute

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/jjs11s

Keywords:

Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, cultural complex, colonialism

Abstract

This paper proposes the existence of two cultural complexes—a Native Complex and a Pilgrim Complex—active in the United States today. Continuously functioning since the nation’s founding, these complexes recently manifested in the #NoDAPL actions at the Standing Rock reservation and can be seen constellating with and in opposition to each other.

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Published

2018-06-12