Jaskiran Dhillon

Jaskiran Dhillon is a first generation anti-colonial scholar and organizer who grew up on Treaty Six Cree Territory in Saskatchewan, Canada. Her work spans the fields of settler colonialism, anthropology of the state, environmental justice, anti-racist feminism, colonial violence, political ecology, and youth studies. She is the author of Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention (2017) and co-editor of Standing With Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement (2019). She is associate professor of global studies and anthropology at The New School in New York City.

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The Future of Anthropology Starts from Within

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The Future of Anthropology Starts from Within

I write as an anticolonial scholar and educator of color who still believes in the possibilities for research and teaching—the power of knowledge—to foster soci... More

Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, and Mni Wiconi

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Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, and Mni Wiconi

Thousands of Water Protectors from more than three hundred Native nations, as well as allied supporters from a range of social movements, gathered at the Standi... More

Introduction: Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, and Mni Wiconi

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Introduction: Standing Rock, #NoDAPL, and Mni Wiconi

Fear and uncertainty define this historical moment, but they must not guide it. Even as politicians and mainstream media attempt to normalize a bigot and racist... More

“This Fight Has Become My Life and It’s Not Over”: An Interview with Zaysha Grinnell

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“This Fight Has Become My Life and It’s Not Over”: An Interview with Zaysha Grinnell

Jaskiran Dhillon (JD): I’m here with Zaysha Grinnell, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous young woman (and a sophomore in high school) who is an enrolled member of th... More