Settler
A settler is a person who has immigrated to an area and established a permanent residence there.
A settler who migrates to an area previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited may be described as a pioneer.
Settlers are generally thought of as people who travel to discover new land. Many times in history, it has not been like that. Most of the time in history, settlers are people who travel to a land that already belongs to someone else, forcing them out, and claiming the land as their own.
Settlers are generally from a
Historical usage
One can witness how settlers very often occupied land previously residents to long-established peoples, designated as Indigenous (also called "natives", "Aborigines" or, in the Americas, "Indians").
The process by which Indigenous territories are settled by foreign peoples is usually called settler colonialism.[3] It relies upon a process of often violent dispossession.[1]
In the
In this usage, pioneers are usually among the first to an area, whereas settlers can arrive after first settlement and join others in the process of human settlement.[citation needed] This correlates with the work of military pioneers who were tasked with construction of camps before the main body of troops would arrive at the designated campsite.
In
Although they are often thought of[
Anthropological usage
Anthropologists record tribal displacement of native settlers who drive another tribe from the lands it held, such as the settlement of lands in the area now called
Modern usage
In Canada, the term settler is currently used to describe "the non-Indigenous peoples living in Canada who form the European-descended sociopolitical majority," asserting that settler colonialism is an ongoing phenomenon. The usage is controversial to some.[7][8][9]
In the Middle East, there are a number of references to various squatter and specific policies referred as "settler". Among those:[citation needed]
- Second Iraqi-Kurdish War.[citation needed]
- Israel – Israelis who moved to areas captured during the Six-Day War in 1967 (such as the Gaza Strip and West Bank) in the absence of a final peace agreement.[10][11]
- Syria – In recent times, Arab settlers have also moved in large numbers to ethnic minority areas, such as northeast Syria.[citation needed]
Causes of emigration
The reasons for the emigration of settlers vary, but often they include the following factors and incentives: the desire to start a new and better life in a foreign land, personal financial hardship, social, cultural, ethnic, or religious persecution (e.g., the
See also
- Chinese settlements in Tibet
- Green March
- High Arctic relocations
- Indigenous people
- Israeli settlement
- Lebensraum
- Naturalized TRNC citizens
- Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme
- Patriot (American Revolution)
- Population transfer
- Settler colonialism
- Sooners
- Squatter
- Sri Lankan state sponsored colonisation schemes
- Transmigration program
- Turkish settlers in Northern Cyprus
- Virgin Lands Campaign
- Colonialism
- Gentrification
- Imperialism
- Displacement
- Oregon Trail
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- ^ Robson, John (Spring–Summer 2018). "The 'Settler' Nonsense". The Dorchester Review. 7 (2): 1–2.
- ^ "Introducing yourself as a 'settler' creates division". CBC. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Beauchamp, Zack (20 November 2018). "What are settlements, and why are they such a big deal?". Vox. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Israeli Settlements". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Stefanini, Sara (31 March 2016). "Best chance Cyprus has had for peace". Politico.
- ^ Olsen, Daniel H., and BRIAN J. Hill. "Pilgrimage and identity along the mormon trail." Religious pilgrimage routes and trails: sustainable development and management. Wallingford UK: CAB International, 2018. 234-246.
- ^ Lambright, Bri. "The Ainu, Meiji Era Politics, and Its Lasting Impacts: A Historical Analysis of Racialization, Colonization, and the Creation of State and Identity in Relation to Ainu-Japanese History." (2022).
- ^ King, Russell. Atlas of Human Migration