These were all well used in the movie and also the book, using the way that both peoples don't know what's coming till its too late or early enough to try and stop it.

In Avatar, land is a symbol of imbalance because the military and the people from Earth view land as nothing but trees and leaves ( in the film they say that the people are being sent back to their dying land ) while the Navi believe that their land is everything.

Indigenous people seem to be half happy with the film and half unhappy with the film, the ones who don’t seem happy with the film most likely don’t see how it helps to show what has or still is happening.

When this occurred (in real life) they were very destructive to both the environment and people, taking no precautions in extracting the resources both from the earth and from the plant, and the people were beaten, and even raped and taken into slavery

In Avatar, the attacks are more environmentally focused because that is where the Na’vi’s purpose is found. The army is looking for Unobtanium, and that is why they are in Pandora

They are very destructive in looking for it, and eventually it just turns into a war with the Na’vi in which they destroy much of the ecosystem through advanced explosives and other weapons, and this harms the Na’vi because they have a very deep connection with nature.

I think indigenous people probably sympathize with this film, and of course they all have different experiences, but for those who have been colonized I would say this is definitely a film where they feel that their struggle has finally been recognized.

I think indigenous people would view this movie as emotional rather than political because they have a way to relate to it, whether its through themselves or family members.

In the book the people didn't fight back until it was too late to win. That was when the leaders were told to go to the commissioners' and were imprisoned. There was also time when the ancestors fought back because they killed one of their gods. They also made a sort of fight back when they placed the people in the evil forest thinking that they would be killed. Another thing was them killing the white man because he was unknown and tying up the bicycle he rode.

In Avatar and Things Fall Apart, we see them both struggle to match or fight the white peoples violence. In Avatar and Things Fall Apart, the people heavily relied on faith through their religions for hope. Their attacks and forms of violence changed as they realized the white men had more powerful weapons, however our idea of hope through religion stayed the same, whether they were Christian or their original cultural faith.

In the book more and more people will convert and eventually everyone will and they will take over everything meaning the loss of their own culture and identity for the future generations.

Colonialism will continue to shape societies by how it changed the customs of people, and their daily lives.

For the colonizers, their actions create a egotistic, selfish, power-hungry society. They feel superior, and this mindset will continue through generations. This will cause them to find power and self-worth in titles, materialistic items, and unwanted leadership through violence.

For anyone who watched the movie with the intent to find the meaning, it shows that community is stronger than violence. That trust is a risk you take. We see this with Jake abandoning his mission and helping the Na'vi people and them trusting him with their world, people, and culture. They allowed him to help them win.