hellow please follow the drections below. You are to use only the readings that

hellow please follow the drections below. You are to use only the readings that i have attached below for this paper. when doing intext citations, please make sure that you are including the page numbers of what you’re referring to.  when forming a thesis statement, please narrow it down. do not pick a broad thesis statement. it has to focus on one arguement. when writing and choosing the topic senteces, make sure whatever you mention in the topic sentences are mentioned in the body paragraph. DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING IN THE PARAGRAPH THAT IS NOT IN THE TOPIC SENTENCE. 
Instructions
Following the academic paper format (e.g. clarifying your thesis statement, topic sentences of body paragraphs, proper citations etc), choose and answer one topic given below and extend your argument.  Let’s highlight your thesis statement, topic sentences, and conclusive statement.  Make sure that you write more than 1,000 words (about 4 pages with Times New Roman, 12-pt font, and double-spaced). I expect you to paraphrase and quote directly from our readings, so make sure that you follow the in-text citation rules (any style). Make sure to attribute ideas that you borrow to the author.
The Dealine is 6/29 (Saturday) at 11:55 PM.
Upload your paper in Docx (Office Word) format, and put your last name on your file (e.g. Shirakawa_Paper_Title, Shirakawa_Weekly_Paper_1).
I HAVE CHOSEN THE PROMPT/TOPIC BELOW TO WRITE ABOUT. PLEASE USE THE READINGS I HAVE ATTACHED BELOW. 
Topic 1:
How do environmental crises and colonial projects on local/indigenous people intersect? How do state apparatuses (e.g. law, military, etc) of the colonizing and/or the colonized arrange and sustain an “operational space” in the “periphery” such as the Amazon, the Marshall Islands, Okinawa etc.?