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  1. May 2021
  2. Apr 2021
    1. creation narratives are embodied in the concept of Hózhó, our philosophy of lif

      creation stories show their own morality and where it stems from.

    1. An infl uential Wampanoag diplomat, Weetamoo presented a political and cultural challenge to the Puritan men who confronted her authority. Her strategic adaptation to the colonial “deed game”

      That is very interesting to note and shows that native women had leadership roles and help protect their land and territories.

  3. Mar 2021
    1. grades, we need to shift our focus from educational measurement techniques to broader psychological and pedagogical questions

      we need understand the boarder purpose of grades; not just the smaller things about them

  4. Oct 2020
    1. Tribal leaders were dealing with an inevitabledoomsday

      Legit the US Congress at the time wanted to fully subjugate the natives by using their own legislation in benefit of white americans

    1. a barbaric dominion within acivilized republic,

      I honestly cannot fathom using this kind of language within a published article; white people really thought they were superior

    1. l peace and friendship shall from henceforth take place, and subsist between the contracting: parties aforesaid

      This type of agreement literally was the US plan to use the natives to their own advantage

    1. White Eyes was killed and the Delawares’ political leadership fluctuated, and many Delawares were captured by the Wyandot in the early 1780s.

      Eventually the treaty proved to be ineffective after key leaders were not present anymore

    2. Natives fought for the Americans and suffered greatly as a result of the war, their petitions to Congress went unanswered.

      Natives were treated unfairly and seen as not as equals compared to the other colonists (Americans) even though they helped them win the war

    3. “two blankets and a handkerchief out of the Small Pox

      The British intentionally used biological warfare on the natives is such a terrible thing to do