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While referring to mid-20th century technological and political projects, Duarte states that "the practice of subjugating the land - and the Indigenous peoples of those lands - to serve the pursuit of wealth by industrialization bloomed fully throughout the Americas. In the modern settler imaginary, any Native or Indigenous use of modern technologies was unexpected precisely because Native and Indigenous peoples themselves were unexpected in the subjugated, mediated landscape" (p. 11).

1.What does Duarte mean by this? Furthermore, how have settler institutions 'intentionally circumvented Native governance and social institutions'?

2. Expand on Duarte's point that "scientific understanding of networks clashes with the Indigenous experience of networks" (p. 15). What are some examples of this clashing?

3. Is it possible to indigenize technology in such a way that it can change oppressive laws, political institutions, and economic systems, while aligning with Indigenous values and behaviours? What would some examples be?

4. How can settlers support these actions, or engage with these activities in an appropriate manner?