Indigenous history

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• SOURCE: The Baffler
  4/21/2021
  

  The Fruit of Power

  Raoul Peck's documentary "Exterminate All The Brutes" considers not just the history of settler colonialism, but the epistemology of history in contexts where the powerful seek to shape knowledge. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  3/12/2021
  

  Aruká Juma, Last Man of His Tribe, Is Dead

  As the last fluent speaker of the tribe’s language, Mr. Juma’s death means that much of the tribe’s language and many of its traditions and rituals will be forever lost.

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• SOURCE: Foreign Policy
  10/7/2020
  

  How Bad History Feeds Far-Right Fantasies

  by Thomas Lecaque

  A fellow medievalist argues that Jeff Fynn-Paul failed to read or understand the historical literature before writing a controversial recent essay exculpating Europeans for mass death in the course of colonialism.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/26/2020
  

  ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star, and His Fans, Are Taking Indigenous Studies

  “I’m learning a lot of this embarrassingly late in the game,” Mr. Levy said during the first discussion. “But ultimately these stories are crucial to the identity of our country.”

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/1/2020
  

  Roanoke’s ‘Lost Colony’ Was Never Lost, New Book Says

  Historians Malinda Maynor Lowery and Lauren McMillan discuss the evidence behind a new book's claim that the "lost" inhabitants of the Roanoke colony were absorbed by the Croatoan indigenous people of the area. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/1/2020
  

  A Statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister Is Toppled, but Politicians Want It Restored

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau angered Canadian antiracism activists by condemning vandalism of a statue of the country's first Prime Minister. He angered other Canadians by not offering a stronger condemnation at a time when public acknowledgment of Candian oppression of indigenous people is becoming a hot issue. 

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• SOURCE: Public Books
  8/14/2020
  

  Settler Fantasies, Televised

  by Hannah Manshell

  The genre of house hunting and home improvement shows involve contestants claiming the prerogatives of owning property, which has historically been allotted to white people at the expense of the indigenous in several societies. 

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• 7/26/2020
  

  Mankato’s Hanging Monument Excluded Indigenous Perspectives when it was Erected and when it was Removed

  by John Legg

  Both while it stood and when its presence became inconvenient, the Hanging Monument shows how memorials control historical narratives and elevate particular interpretations of the past.

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• 5/24/2020
  

  Honor the Work of Brazil's Villas-Bôas Brothers by Protecting the Amazon's Indigenous

  by John Hemming

  The Villas-Bôas brothers worked with Brazil's indigenous people to balance the preservation of their Amazonian lands with inclusion in modernizing society. The policies of Jair Bolsonaro are a dire threat to their work, the survival of indigenous peoples, and the planet.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  1/28/20
  

  Puerto Rico earthquakes imperil island’s indigenous heritage

  by Jorge L. Chinea

  Many indigenous ruins lie along the shore, where ancient settlements thrived. A relatively new wave of researchers are only beginning to explore these endangered places, rediscovering the ancient relics, statues, stone engravings and paintings created and used by the Taíno people.

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  November 14, 2019
  

  A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History

  by Nick Martin

  The case has it all: white-centrism, the "school choice" debate, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing its students.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11/5/2019
  

  November is Native American Heritage Month. Critics say Trump is subverting it with a new celebration of the Founding Fathers.

  Last week, President Trump declared November as “National American History and Founders Month,” a celebration of the country’s “dedication to promoting liberty and justice.”

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• 6/23/19
  

  Why We Need Better Children's History Books

  by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  Assembling a coherent narrative that inspires students to image a different world is much more complicated than a Wikipedia search. Teachers can only carry out this task if they have access to narrative histories that are decolonized.

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• SOURCE: High Country News
  4/29/19
  

  Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California

  Some believe the Golden State is ignoring a history of violence against Native Americans.