4/25/26

Manifest Destiny and Manifest Domesticity

Sources & Additional Reading:
‘Understanding Patriarchy’ by bell hooks
‘The Chalice & the Blade’ by Riane Eisler
‘John O’Sullivan Declares America’s Manifest Destiny, 1845’ by John O’Sullivan
‘Indian Removal Act (1830)’ National Constitution Center
‘The Annexation of Texas’ The Office of the Historian
‘How Dominator Cultures Changed Our History – with Dr. Riane Eisler’ Breaking Down Patriarchy

Full-length interviews with indigenous scholars:
Professor Savage Bear:  • Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies  
Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy:    • AH Media Lab Presents: Community Voices - ...  
Lily Gladstone:    • A History of Indigenous Women with Lily Gl...  
Madonna Thunder Hawk:    • Madonna Thunder Hawk: a Matriarch of the M...  

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