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In 2009, the us federal government settled a class action lawsuit, I Cobell v. Salazar i , where the plaintiffs, a group of 250,000 Native Americans, declared that the government had "breached and [is] in continuing breach of their trust obligations to class members" ([9]). Leonard Harris's critique of classical pragmatism argues that its emphasis on process over the issues at hand makes it inadequate in support of efforts to radically transform an oppressive society. While this criticism may stand if only classical pragmatism is considered, the general principles of pragmatic inquiry point toward a more radical conception of pragmatism from which to criticize trust and mistrust as a framework for decolonial action. In the case of I Cobell v. Salazar i , one could argue that successfully calling into question the trust relationship between Indigenous nations and the government of the United States is a good example of the role of I mistrust i , a failure of that confidence. [Extracted from the article] |
