Join us Friday, December 9 from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM for the DGES Founders Seminar Series in Loeb A220.
Dr. Daniel Rück (Rueck) teaches history of Indigenous peoples, settler colonialism, environments, legal systems, and nation-states in the Department of History at the University of Ottawa. His ancestors were indigenous to the British Islands and Central Europe, and settled in North America between 1860 and 1960.
Dr. Rück will present his current research and book project related to land surveying and Canadian Colonialism. His book manuscript, “Laying Down the Law: Indigenous governance and settler colonialism in Mohawk country,” uncovers the processes by which the Canadian government suppressed Mohawk law and land governance, and imposed Indian Act law in nineteenth century Kahnawake. He will also discuss his new research projects on the work of land surveyors in settler colonies around the world, and how the application of GIS to historical data can shed new light on the establishment of settler states and the theft of Indigenous lands.
All are welcome. Light refreshments will be available.
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