In 2rd grade (St. Anthony's of Padua if you must know), we studied native American culture as part of the New York State required curriculum. Five Nations. Huron. Algonquin. Iroquois (I remember they were the ultimate badasses.) Longhouses.
Shame on us. Whitewashing history, when It wasn't long ago that we forced Native children to attend "Indian School" and get whitewashed into "proper" Americans.
I hope the John Sayles movie "To Save The Man" gets produced in our State, the politicians are the ones that need the real "education".
@7 sounds like there's more than a few no votes stemming from non inclusion of unrecognized tribes so I don't think that characterization should be broadly applied.
Thanks for listing 24 reasons we can't have nice things in our our state, and 24 reasons to swear off the Democratic Party. In particular, I thought Maralyn Chase was better than this, but I guess not.
Remember , for those of you from the Northwest with a lacking historical education or those of you not from here, that the Oregon Territory shows the general foundation, dynamics, and public policies of the region... http://www.ode.state.or.us/opportunities…
I hope the John Sayles movie "To Save The Man" gets produced in our State, the politicians are the ones that need the real "education".
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