“Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to have a good time and see exotic cultures. “What we have done to the peoples who were living in North America” is, according to anthropologist Sol Tax, “our Original Sin.” DoneAmericaPastCultureSinTaxesOriginalsParksThemeNativeGood TimesNative AmericanHaving A Good TimeExoticPropsNorth AmericaOriginal SinAnthropologistsTheme Parks Book:Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Source: Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
“I often suggest in workshops that if you have 30 students in your American History course in 11th grade, or whatever grade level, that you maybe triple them up. You put, and have them choose, let's say 11 different Native American cultures. Maybe you give them a list of 15 and they choose 11 of those 15 so that they have some choice in the matter.” IfsGivingDifferentMatterChoicesCultureCoursesLevelsStudentsListsGradesNativeNative AmericanAmerican HistoryAmerican CultureWorkshopsNative American Culture Author:James W. Loewen
“You go to towns in Massachusetts, Greenfield, first settled in 1686. Wouldn’t it be cool if it said, “Greenfield. First settled c. 13,000 B.P. or approximately 13,000 Before the Present. Resettled.” Maybe we could say even, “Resettled by whites,” Or, “Resettled anyway, 1686.” It would have a different impact. And of course it would help explain why the town is called Greenfield, because it was a green field and the fields were left by Native people who had already been farming them.” PeopleIfsFirstsSaidDifferentHelpingCoursesLeftFieldsTownsGreenImpactNativeFarmingBeing CoolMassachusettsGreen Fields Author:James W. Loewen
