by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 12, 2021 | Columbus
Both Peter Pan and Pocahontas exploit Native American culture and deviate so far from reality that they undermined Native peoples and their unique cultures in the United States. Though very different in their inaccuracies…
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 11, 2021 | Columbus
A Do-it-Yourself Columbus Board Game developed for students “To understand what the arrival of Columbus to the Americas meant to the entire world and the lasting impact it has had on us today, through an experiential process.”
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Mar 8, 2021 | Resistance
Activists Occupy Wounded Knee — Native American Activism: 1960s to Present by Zinn Education Project The full article is here… Excerpt from the article… On Feb. 27, 1973, about 250 Sioux Indians, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), converged on South...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Jan 11, 2021 | Thanksgiving
In a December 1862 letter to the Senate, President Abraham Lincoln ordered the execution of 39 Sioux citizens. …
Ten months later, Lincoln signed another letter. This one was a proclamation: As of October 3, 1863, the president, hoping to bring a symbolic sense of calm and joy to a nation torn in two by the still-raging Civil War, declared the fourth Thursday in November to be “a Day of Thanksgiving and Praise.”
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Dec 31, 2020 | Resistance
Land Policy in New England and Virginia It is irresponsible to teach the tragedies without also teaching the resistance movements that oppose colonial violence. by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica The full article on Land policy in New England and Virginia is...
by Rachel Carey-Harper | Dec 31, 2020 | Resistance
We Condemn Racist National Park Service We Condemn Racist National Park Service for Brutalizing Darrell House by Editorial Council; The Red Nation | December 30, 2020 #JusticeforDarrell Last Saturday, December 26, a National Park Service (NPS) Ranger tasered our Diné...
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