Updates to academic standards begin to tell the whole story
St. Cloud Times· 7 days agoWhen I was in senior high school, social studies classes often literally put me to sleep. American ...
John Muir in Native America
Sierra Club· 6 days agoGerard Baker began his illustrious career with the National Park Service at 20. As a young patrol ranger in the 1970s, he often overheard the park...
South Windsor school board dumps Columbus for Indigenous Peoples Day
Hartford Courant· 6 days agoThe South Windsor board of education, following the lead of other school districts, has cut the name...
Columbus Day: Celebrating cultural heritage, or the colonization of Native Americans?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt least eight states, 10 universities and more than 130 cities across 34 states now observe...as an...
Maine latest to ditch Columbus Day, honor Native Americans
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeveral cities and a handful of states have made some move to celebrate Native Americans on the...
Supreme Court Ruling Puts Focus on Slow Path to Progress for Native Americans
U.S.News & World Report via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn an age of growing global protests against racial inequalities, last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision to classify about half of Oklahoma as a Native American reservation put a spotlight ...
Some States Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead of Columbus Day
Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWhen Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he did not "discover" a wild, untamed land...
Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples Day: Howard County
Patch via Yahoo News· 5 months ago"On our first observance of Indigenous Peoples’ day in Howard County, we hope it opens up...
Column: Christopher Columbus was a fraud. He doesn’t deserve statues or a holiday in his honor.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIf anyone had asked me as a child to define Christopher Columbus, I would have simply said that he...
California is confronting its ugly, racist past. But how do we best do it?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoJulie Tumamait-Stenslie scoffs when she hears defenders of the Father Junipero Serra statue in...