What can the analytical framework of settler colonialism contribute to sociological theorizing, research, and overall understanding of the social world? This essay argues that settler colonialism, a distinct social formation with common statuses and predictable dynamics, has much to offer towards new sociological insight regarding the United States. In expanding the scholarly models of colonialism applied to the United States, settler colonial analysis suggests that an underlying logic of Indigenous elimination and settler replacement informs a diverse set of contemporary outcomes and structures. It provides a coherent and overarching framework for explaining such political phenomena as the vigorous presence of “extraconstitutional” tribal governments within the United States, recurrent Native-white conflicts, and the distinctive nature of contemporary Indigenous social and political agency. The essay also analyzes how settler supersession and the desire for Indigenous lands shapes the intensive state management of Indigenous identity, the differing racialization of African Americans and American Indians, and the contrasts between Indigenous and black sociopolitical agendas. Insights from a reconceptualization of the US as a settler colonial society are not limited to a focus on politics, American Indians, race, or the past. The article suggests additional directions for new research that have the potential to reveal contemporary social forces operating at multiple levels and in numerous fields of social action. Finally, the essay offers simple suggestions to sociologists who wish to incorporate settler colonialism in their research and teaching within the discipline or to contribute to interdisciplinary scholarship about American settler colonialism.

定居者殖民主义的分析框架对社会学理论化、研究和对社会世界的整体理解有何贡献？本文认为，定居者殖民主义是一种具有共同地位和可预测动态的独特社会形态，对有关美国的新社会学见解有很大帮助。在扩展适用于美国的殖民主义学术模型时，定居者殖民分析表明，土著消除和定居者替代的潜在逻辑为一系列不同的当代结果和结构提供了信息。它提供了一个连贯的总体框架来解释诸如美国境内“宪法外”部落政府的有力存在、反复出现的土著白人冲突、以及当代土著社会和政治机构的独特性质。本文还分析了定居者的替代和对原住民土地的渴望如何塑造了对原住民身份的密集国家管理、非裔美国人和美洲印第安人的不同种族化以及原住民和黑人社会政治议程之间的对比。将美国重新定义为定居者殖民社会的见解不仅限于对政治、美洲印第安人、种族或过去的关注。这篇文章提出了新研究的其他方向，这些方向有可能揭示在多个层面和社会行动的众多领域中运作的当代社会力量。最后，