Podcast appearances and mentions of benjamin madley

Today, we have a crossover episode from History of California Podcast featuring Dr. Ben Madley. Benjamin Madley is a historian of Native America, the United States, and colonialism in world history. Born in Redding, California, he spent much of his childhood in Karuk Country near the Oregon border where he became interested in relations between colonizers and Indigenous people. Educated at Yale and Oxford, he writes about Native Americans as well as colonialism in Africa, Australia, and Europe, often applying a transnational and comparative approach. Yale University Press published his first book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. Madley is currently co-editing The Cambridge World History of Genocide, Volume 2: Genocide in the Indigenous, Early Modern, and Imperial Worlds, 1535-1914(forthcoming, 2023), with historians Ned Blackhawk, Ben Kiernan, and Rebe Taylor. His current research explores Native American migration and labor in the making of the United States. Please enjoy our conversation.

In this follow up interview to episodes 172 and 158, we interview UCLA Associate Professor Benjamin Madley about his book "An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe," and discuss how newspapers, tracts, and paperbacks were an essential element in assisting and priming the public for the genocide of California's native population.

Today, we have Dr. Ben Madley on the show. Benjamin Madley is a historian of Native America, the United States, and colonialism in world history. Born in Redding, California, he spent much of his childhood in Karuk Country near the Oregon border where he became interested in relations between colonizers and Indigenous people. Educated at Yale and Oxford, he writes about Native Americans as well as colonialism in Africa, Australia, and Europe, often applying a transnational and comparative approach. Yale University Press published his first book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. Madley is currently co-editing The Cambridge World History of Genocide, Volume 2: Genocide in the Indigenous, Early Modern, and Imperial Worlds, 1535-1914(forthcoming, 2023), with historians Ned Blackhawk, Ben Kiernan, and Rebe Taylor. His current research explores Native American migration and labor in the making of the United States. Please enjoy our conversation.

November 17, 2021--Host Joy LaClaire talks with UCLA Professor of History, Benjamin Madley, about his award winning book, AN AMERICAN GENOCIDE: THE UNITED STATES AND THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN CATASTROPHE, 1846-1873, in this archived interview from 2016.

Air Date 7/10/2020 Today we take a look at the origins and legacy of Manifest Destiny, the historical term most closely tied to our most toxic version of nostalgia: the one longing for America's golden age of genocide Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Intro contemplating conservative thinking applied to genocide Ch. 2: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 1 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 3: The Interest of the White Man demands their extinction - @BackStory - Air Date: 01-19-18 Ed talks with historian Benjamin Madley about the devastating impact of the Gold Rush on California's native tribes – and how both government officials and everyday citizens justified enslaving and killing native peoples. Ch. 4: Doctrine of Christian Discovery Part 1 - Let's Talk Native - Air Date 3-18-19 I learned that most educators know nothing about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. How can you teach about colonization, slavery, the American genocide, Westward expansion or imperialism without teaching the origins of it all? Ch. 5: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 2 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 6: Doctrine of Christian Discovery Part 2 - Let's Talk Native - Air Date 3-18-19 I learned that most educators know nothing about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. How can you teach about colonization, slavery, the American genocide, Westward expansion or imperialism without teaching the origins of it all? Ch. 7: Paul Frymer on the building of an American empire - The Dig from @jacobinmag - Air Date 1-30-18 We are living on land from which indigenous people, over hundreds of years, have been violently removed. Almost everyone knows this — yet it's rarely mentioned in stories that Americans tell themselves about who we are as a country and how we got here. Ch. 8: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 3 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 9: Understanding the origins of scalp hunting and "redskins" - Empire Files - Air Date 11-25-15 Abby Martin interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, renowned indigenous scholar and activist, about her most recent book "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States." Ch. 10: Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz on digging deeper to understand America's past - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 6-16-16 We call up brilliant scholar Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to dig into her work, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on the pain caused by the breaking of your shell of understanding MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Thannoid - Bodytonic Waltz for Zacaria - Cholate Quaver - Codebreaker Lahaina - Cloud Harbor One Little Triumph - Piano Mover Cloud Line - K4 Dirtbike Lovers - Desert Orchard Astrisx - Bodytonic Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Facebook!

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land.  Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn it into your brain.   “The history of genocide casts a shadow over California. It hovers over the land of the endless summer, over Disneyland, over the surfers, the Beach Boys, the palm trees, the Hollywood Sign … and yet, there is also a story of California Indian resistance and survival that is miraculous.”  This was said by my hero, Benjamin Madley, he is an associate professor of history at UCLA and has been on a more than decade-long odyssey to document and reveal the existence of this government-sponsored genocide. The Youreka Podcast Network is literally days away from launch. You will be able to download a free app, and have all of the Network podcasts at your fingertips! Including my new shows, Here Lies, an audio tour of historic cemeteries, Rustic Rituals, affirmations and meditations for country folk, Queens of the Mines Two and MORE! Find us on Libsyn and instagram now to keep up @yourekapodcasts. That is YOUREKA, because this network is yours.  https://sarahannegraham.com

Robert Scheer sits down with professor and author Benjamin Madley to talk about a little known part of California's history.

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land.  Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn it into your brain.   “The history of genocide casts a shadow over California. It hovers over the land of the endless summer, over Disneyland, over the surfers, the Beach Boys, the palm trees, the Hollywood Sign … and yet, there is also a story of California Indian resistance and survival that is miraculous.”  This was said by my hero, Benjamin Madley, he is an associate professor of history at UCLA and has been on a more than decade-long odyssey to document and reveal the existence of this government-sponsored genocide. The Youreka Podcast Network is literally days away from launch. You will be able to download a free app, and have all of the Network podcasts at your fingertips! Including my new shows, Here Lies, an audio tour of historic cemeteries, Rustic Rituals, affirmations and meditations for country folk, Queens of the Mines Two and MORE! Find us on Libsyn and instagram now to keep up @yourekapodcasts. That is YOUREKA, because this network is yours.     

Wherever you are in this hemisphere, you are on Native land.  Never forget, that before the Spanish arrived in California, for thousands of years, from sea to shining sea, this was indian country, with more than 300,000 Natives living here, representing more than 100 tribes, each with its individual traditions and cultures, most completely lost by the arrival of settlers. Write that down, and burn it into your brain. Never forget that the Russians, European-American colonists, and  Spanish missionaries' arrival on the Pacific coastline forever changed the native people’s way of life. The first known interaction with the Natives  in California was in the Monterey area in 1602, when Sebastián de Vizcaíno’s Spanish expedition was searching for a safe harbor for their  ships.  Well over 100 years then passed with little attention paid to Alta California. Then, Gaspar de Portola’s expedition of Spanish missionaries arrived in the Monterey area in 1769 and Spain began colonizing. Erasing the identities of the California indigenous people who entered the mission, in exchange, they were given a wool shirt with long sleeves called a cotón, and a wool blanket. The women were also given a wool petticoat and men received a breechclout to cover their groin area. They were then forcibly baptized into the Catholic faith, and thrown into labor camps that were filthy and disease ridden. The San Rafael Mission was established where Luis Arguello, later the first provisional governor of California and his band of Spanish soldiers led expeditions, removing Pomo people from their lands, bringing them to the new mission.  Five years down the road, California became part of the Mexican Republic, and the Mexican government gave out large tracts of Pomo land to its settlers, the  foreigner/white colonists brought deadly disease and epidemic. In one instance, a Russian ship brought a case of smallpox, the indigenous people did not have immunity to such diseases, the tribe populations heavily decreased, and the  bones of thousands “ left unburied, bleached the hills” of Sonoma and Napa counties. As all this happened, the domestic stock animals brought by the foreigners consumed all of the native foods and damaged the gathering areas while they grazed. Foods the locals depended on for survival. Stream channels were disturbed and often  re-routed, land was blasted away and huge amounts of soil entered streams and rivers, destroying the habitat of fish and other aquatic species that once were food for the indigenous people.Ten years later there was  a massive malaria outbreak, and the following year the missions were authorized by the crown to “convert” the Natives in a ten-year period. They had until 1844. They were to surrender their control over the mission’s livestock, fields, orchards and buildings to the Indians in 1844. The padres never achieved their goal and the lands and wealth were then stolen from the Natives. The California Mission System was not the romanticized fantasy we were fed in fourth grade. Debunked. Unpack that. Accept it.  “The history of genocide casts a shadow over California. It hovers over the land of the endless summer, over Disneyland, over the surfers, the Beach Boys, the palm trees, the Hollywood Sign … and yet, there is also a story of California Indian resistance and survival that is miraculous.”  This was said by my hero, Benjamin Madley, he is an associate professor of history at UCLA and has been on a more than decade-long odyssey to document and reveal the existence of this government-sponsored genocide. Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. This is the final Chapter of Season One, and this is Part One of three in the chapter,  Today, we will meet the Queen of Preservation. I am Andrea Anderson, This is a true story from America’s Largest Migration, The Gold Rush. This is Queens of the Mines. The preceding program features stories that contain adult content including violence which may be disturbing to some listeners, or secondhand listeners. So, discretion is advised.

In this episode we will talk about many different parenting topics like raising vegan children, breastfeeding in public, cosleeping, minimalism and zero waste with kids, bilingual children, baby sign language, being a working-at-home mom, intersectional activism and more. This episode originally aired July 7th, 2019 on the Plantiful Mama Podcast. In this episode we explore:
 2:04 Introducing Jen and her family
 2:21 How Jen became vegan
 4:05 Her positive birth stories
 10:16 Los Cuarenta Dias/The First Forty Days
 14:19 Raising healthy vegan children 
17:53 Living away from family and having little support system
 21:17 Breastfeeding in public
 23:57 Why cosleeping & cosleeping with 2 young kids
 26:04 Having sex while cosleeping
 26:44 Practicing zero waste/low waste with young kids
 28:43 Raising bilingual kids
 33:24 Transition from one to two kids
 34:56 How pets reacted to babies
 35:45 Being a working-from-home mom
 37:30 Attachment parenting and gentle parenting
 39:28 Attempting elimination communication with baby Cualli
 40:59 Baby sign language
 42:04 Youtube removing comments on family channel
 43:50 Intersectional activism
 47:54 Book recommendations 
50:19 Documentary recommendations
 51:48 Whats next for Jen
 53:10 Where to find Jen Show Notes: 
An American Genocide by Benjamin Madley amzn.to/2XufH4h
 American Holocaust by David E. Srannard amzn.to/2FUPVQI
 The Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez amzn.to/2GaJf1d
 An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz amzn.to/2JhTGld
 The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein amzn.to/2JrlMtp
 How to Not Die by Dr. Michael Greger amzn.to/2S1i1Pi 
Positive Parenting by Rebecca Eanes amzn.to/2XvPTcU 
Beyond the Sling by Mayim Bialik amzn.to/2XtERoE
 Attachment Parenting by Katie Allison Granju amzn.to/2Xsh6sd
 The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith amzn.to/2xzcupv
 The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman amzn.to/2RVYEH2
 Food Inc
 Earthlings 
Blackfish
 Stink 
13th
 Babies 
Jen's books highlight on instagram www.instagram.com/stories/highligh…028638388142235/ About Jen 
Jen Rivera Bell is an indigenous mama of two who is very passionate about our planet, our history, and our current events issues.   She is vegan, and shares her family life on her youtube channel. Find Jen Rivera Bell
 Jen's Youtube Channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCmqEVEzGt8NXRK3Lotk7UzA
Jen's Instagram www.instagram.com/jenriverabell/
 Jen's Website www.jenriverabell.com/ Find Blooming Mamahood 
www.bloomingmamahood.com
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Air Date 7/10/2020 Today we take a look at the origins and legacy of Manifest Destiny, the historical term most closely tied to our most toxic version of nostalgia: the one longing for America's golden age of genocide Transcript Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 MEMBERSHIP ON PATREON (Get AD FREE Shows & Bonus Content) Support us on PodHero Support us on Flattr EPISODE SPONSORS: Clean Choice Energy IF YOU’RE GOING TO SHOP AMAZON: Amazon USA | Amazon CA | Amazon UK SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Intro contemplating conservative thinking applied to genocide Ch. 2: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 1 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 3: The Interest of the White Man demands their extinction - @BackStory - Air Date: 01-19-18 Ed talks with historian Benjamin Madley about the devastating impact of the Gold Rush on California’s native tribes – and how both government officials and everyday citizens justified enslaving and killing native peoples. Ch. 4: Doctrine of Christian Discovery Part 1 - Let’s Talk Native - Air Date 3-18-19 I learned that most educators know nothing about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. How can you teach about colonization, slavery, the American genocide, Westward expansion or imperialism without teaching the origins of it all? Ch. 5: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 2 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 6: Doctrine of Christian Discovery Part 2 - Let’s Talk Native - Air Date 3-18-19 I learned that most educators know nothing about the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. How can you teach about colonization, slavery, the American genocide, Westward expansion or imperialism without teaching the origins of it all? Ch. 7: Paul Frymer on the building of an American empire - The Dig from @jacobinmag - Air Date 1-30-18 We are living on land from which indigenous people, over hundreds of years, have been violently removed. Almost everyone knows this — yet it’s rarely mentioned in stories that Americans tell themselves about who we are as a country and how we got here. Ch. 8: Confederacy Inc. Donald Trump, Racist Police, and the Whitewashing of History Part 3 - Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill - Air Date 7-1-20 Native American historian Nick Estes explains the crimes against Indigenous people committed by the four presidents whose faces are carved into Mount Rushmore. Ch. 9: Understanding the origins of scalp hunting and "redskins" - Empire Files - Air Date 11-25-15 Abby Martin interviews Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, renowned indigenous scholar and activist, about her most recent book "An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States." Ch. 10: Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz on digging deeper to understand America's past - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 6-16-16 We call up brilliant scholar Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz to dig into her work, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 11: Final comments on the pain caused by the breaking of your shell of understanding MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Thannoid - Bodytonic Waltz for Zacaria - Cholate Quaver - Codebreaker Lahaina - Cloud Harbor One Little Triumph - Piano Mover Cloud Line - K4 Dirtbike Lovers - Desert Orchard Astrisx - Bodytonic Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | +more Check out the BotL iOS/Android App in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Review the show on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Facebook!

Benjamin Madley on the Herero and Nama, California Indians, Genocide, Resistance, Trauma, the Civil War, Survival, and Memorials and Reparations. Madley is author of An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 Music by AwareNess, follow him on Instagram, Spotify or Soundcloud.  For more content, follow me on Instagram Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/

In this episode we will talk about many different parenting topics like raising vegan children, breastfeeding in public, cosleeping, minimalism and zero waste with kids, bilingual children, baby sign language, being a working-at-home mom, intersectional activism and more. In this episode we explore: 2:04 Introducing Jen and her family 2:21 How Jen became vegan 4:05 Her positive birth stories 10:16 Los Cuarenta Dias/The First Forty Days 14:19 Raising healthy vegan children 17:53 Living away from family and having little support system 21:17 Breastfeeding in public 23:57 Why cosleeping & cosleeping with 2 young kids 26:04 Having sex while cosleeping 26:44 Practicing zero waste/low waste with young kids 28:43 Raising bilingual kids 33:24 Transition from one to two kids 34:56 How pets reacted to babies 35:45 Being a working-from-home mom 37:30 Attachment parenting and gentle parenting 39:28 Attempting elimination communication with baby Cualli 40:59 Baby sign language 42:04 Youtube removing comments on family channel 43:50 Intersectional activism 47:54 Book recommendations 50:19 Documentary recommendations 51:48 Whats next for Jen 53:10 Where to find Jen Show Notes: An American Genocide by Benjamin Madley https://amzn.to/2XufH4h American Holocaust by David E. Srannard https://amzn.to/2FUPVQI The Other Slavery by Andrés Reséndez https://amzn.to/2GaJf1d An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz https://amzn.to/2JhTGld The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein https://amzn.to/2JrlMtp How to Not Die by Dr. Michael Greger https://amzn.to/2S1i1Pi Positive Parenting by Rebecca Eanes https://amzn.to/2XvPTcU Beyond the Sling by Mayim Bialik https://amzn.to/2XtERoE Attachment Parenting by Katie Allison Granju https://amzn.to/2Xsh6sd The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith https://amzn.to/2xzcupv The 5 Love Languages of Children by Gary Chapman https://amzn.to/2RVYEH2 Food Inc Earthlings Blackfish Stink 13th Babies Jen's books highlight on instagram https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18028638388142235/ About Jen: Jen Rivera Bell is an indigenous mama of two who is very passionate about our planet, our history, and our current events issues.   She is vegan, and shares her family life on her youtube channel. Find Jen Rivera Bell Jen's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmqEVEzGt8NXRK3Lotk7UzA Jen's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jenriverabell/ Jen's Website http://www.jenriverabell.com/ Find Plantiful Mama https://www.plantiful-mama.com/ https://www.instagram.com/itslaurielo/ https://www.instagram.com/plantiful_mama/

Benjamin Madley joins the show to tell us about his award winning book, American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 about the genocide of California’s Indian/Native population. Madley is associate professor of history, University of California, Los Angeles, where he focuses on Native America, the United States, and genocide in world history. He starts off giving a broad overview of some of the evens in California and why he believes what happened should be considered genocide. We talk about what’s at stake if we acknowledge that what happened in the New World was in fact a genocide. Would we owe reparations? Should we return public lands where massacres happened to tribes? We talk about placing the American Genocide alongside atrocities like The Holocaust and The Armenian Genocide. He tells us why genocide matters and breaks down the historical media portrayal of the savage Indian. And we started the episode discussing the passage of the WV Road Bond and the potential for new taxes. Professor Madley’s has won the following awards: 016 Indian Country Today Hot ListWinner, Los Angeles Times Book Awards in category of HistoryTrue West Best New Western Author 2016Winner, Gold Medal, 2016 California Book Award in category of CalifornianaWinner, Inaugural Heyday History Award from Heyday BooksWinner of the 2016 Institute for the Study of Genocide’s Ralph Lemkin Book AwardLink to book: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300181364/american-genocide

Benjamin Madley, associate professor of history at UCLA, discusses the near-annihilation and survival of California's indigenous population under United States rule in this Billington Lecture

Benjamin Madley, associate professor of history at UCLA, discusses the near-annihilation and survival of California's indigenous population under United States rule.

Benjamin Madley, associate professor of history at UCLA, discusses the near-annihilation and survival of California's indigenous population under United States rule.

Benjamin Madley, associate professor of history at UCLA, discusses the near-annihilation and survival of California's indigenous population under United States rule.

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than thirty years, California’s Indian population fell from 150,000 to 30,000. In An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 (Yale University Press, 2016), Benjamin Madley, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, argues that war or disease can’t explain this population drop. The state and federal government carried out genocide against California Indians between 1846 and 1873. Madley uncovers, in excruciating detail, how government officials created a killing machine that cost at least $1,700,000. An American Genocide has won many awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, the Raphael Lemkin Book Award from the Institute for the Study of Genocide, the Charles Redd Phi Alpha Theta Award for the Best Book on the American West, the California Book Award’s Gold Medal for California, and the Heyday Books History Award. The book was also named a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, an Indian Country Today Hot List book, and a Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title. True West Magazine also named Madley the Best New Western Author of 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s one major aspect of the popular Gold Rush lore that few Californians today know about: during that period, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000, much of the decline from state-sponsored slaughter. Addressing the aftermath of colonization and historical trauma, a leading scholar explores the miraculous legacy of California Indians, including their extensive contributions to our culture today. Join us for a conversation with UCLA historian Benjamin Madley, author of the groundbreaking study: An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. This program was produced as part of The Getty's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative.  

We welcome Benjamin Madley to the show! Happy Indigenous People’s Day AKA Columbus Day. Benjamin Madley joins the show to tell us about his award winning book, American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 about the genocide of California’s Indian/Native population.  Madley is associate professor of history, University of California, Los Angeles, where... The post The American Genocide with Benjamin Madley appeared first on Take a Stand with Mary Ann.

Benjamin Madley is an associate professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is also chair of American Indian Studies. He discusses his new book, An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe.

Benjamin Madley is Associate Professor of History and Chair of American Indian Studies at UCLA. At thie event, he discusses his book, An American Genocide, The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873. And as an historian of genocide, he shares his extensive research into the relationship between Indigenous people and colonizers. An American Genocide: the United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873 is published by Yale University Press is highly acclaimed and has been reviewed in the New York Times, Newsweek and the Nation. Moderator for this event is Medeia Csoba DeHass, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UAA. The event is sponsored with the UAA Alaska Native Studies Dept.

I have to say, after this week’s guest, I’m pretty embarrassed. And if you live in America, y ou should be, too. While America has pointed the finger with disgust at the genocides conducted by ISIL, German, and Bosnian powers— for example— we have yet to come to grips with our own Holocaust: The several millions of Native American families we slaughtered, enslaved and tortured in order to occupy and control their land and resources. This invasion and genocide doesn’t even show up in our culture— from classrooms, to memorials to even Wikipedia— we don’t even recognize it as a genocide, even though it meets every criteria. We have isolated ourselves from this narrative, responsibility and even the remaining Indian populations themselves, who we’ve cast off into camps far from us. Even our national conversation on racism, doesn’t include Native Americans. While the people of Germany, have their “Nazi past” front and center in classrooms, socially, with memorials and with political support we, as a nation, have continued to somehow escape the same atonement. Isn’t it time? Much like the importance of facing your demons as an individual, this country needs a big revision to our national story and the blind levels of patriotism we smack the world with. A humble country would be a stronger one. We’ve seen when the opposite happens and only a social movement can turn the tide. This week’s guest, UCLA Professor Benjamin Madley, documents the state-sectioned genocide of the California Native American population like no one else has. In this week’s very emotional conversation, we approach a subject far too neglected: Our own government-sponsored ethnic cleans

Robert Scheer sits down with professor and author Benjamin Madley to talk about a little known part of California's history.