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Marks on the Calendar: Two Years into Eradication of a People, “So Move on”!
Note: Again, smalltown news, a newspaper that is now as thin as a tissue, once a week, and here we are — a 900 to 1000 word piece by yours truly once a month. This November, some catching up with October’s Banner Books week, and other funky things. Next month I do a bit of […]
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California Law Mandates That Public School Children Be Taught About State’s Genocide of Indigenous Peoples
From the time the Europeans arrived on American shores, the U.S. government authorized more than 1,500 wars and attacks on Indigenous people and at the conclusion of the “Indian wars” in the late 19th century, of the estimated 10 million to 15 million native peoples, fewer than 238,000 remained. In the past I’ve written about […]
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Thanksgiving was about Taking
NEW on Smithsonian Voices: Everyone’s history matters. The #Thanksgiving story deeply rooted in America’s curriculum reduces the Wampanoag Indians to supporting roles. The true history of Thanksgiving begins with the Indians. @SmithsonianMag https://t.co/nQkI2CnLk4 pic.twitter.com/UhuksA9RGf — National Museum of the American Indian (@SmithsonianNMAI) November 23, 2017 No one will dispute that the Indigenous peoples of Turtle […]
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