Settler colonialism is a system by which a group overwhelms an existing population and imposes its culture upon the original population. The ownership of land is a key aspect of settler colonialism, as opposed to colonialism, which emphasizes the exploitation of resources. By examing the Boomer movement, the annexation of Indigenous lands, and the Oklahoma clubs that developed in southern California as Oklahomans moved west, John Truden shows the importance of analyzing Oklahoma’s history through this lens.

Truden, John. Settler Colonialism and Oklahoma History. Chronicles of Oklahoma 100, no. 2 (Summer 2022): 164- 181.

John Truden is the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American and Indigenous Studies, Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College.

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