Tell Secretary Burgum and the #Trump administration to stop the eradication of #Nativehistory, rescind Secretarial Order 3431, and ensure that #TribalNations can shape and protect accurate storytelling on ancestral lands. https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/u001.qUXRBnqZ7T8nxbpAcIVwoUsWLkUMWlo_0JmZttSlm39ZSaGJEveKRsdTNS0xyyOeW2YRRatRs3rhx6GWdxTcBx079GFLCLRbqDfC3Zpd5dSiSc3kWYFkQSGrO5WtbyPIIubi12uBG-OWyb2zG--awz7xo1pIURIibeA6zThs4EhMC6PUAOEqsx5H7JeTs6VURtkqNNrNoYAmCOnFQicajKpw38hczVZ40QOTdjLu_vXO64kto6rDsluuMRvnFwJqeNPBYr5wgnm7K3vt__2TSqTRFFnJG6IUy3uzTuxLpDmb1VjAjHWtB_pfcpa9jLXbZ8dgi_cU0sjFjieug4ln0fPKoMMPap7yFZjhIUUv9Ic/4jg/-7hvvKOTTyaBKYh5f1-Ybg/h0/h001.aeAA9DGGudNclAjpgVoT1b6vPnEXMAdzUC1BVmeldyg

Columbus Day honors a man who brought destruction—not discovery. Indigenous Americans lived for tens of thousands of years before his arrival triggered slavery, violence, and genocide. Here’s the truth.
#TruthAboutColumbus #IndigenousVoices #ColumbusMyth #DecolonizeHistory #NativeHistory #AncientAmericas #StopCelebratingGenocide #AncientHistory #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory

Gerade lese ich, daß der März Verlag Berlin dieser Tage das absolut empfehlenswerte, zwischenzeitlich vergriffene Werk "Eine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes" von Howard ZInn neu herausbringt. Kauf- und Lesetipp!

"In schlechten Zeiten hoffnungsvoll zu sein, beruht auf der Tatsache, dass die menschliche Geschichte nicht nur von Grausamkeit, sondern auch von Mitgefühl, Aufopferung, Mut und Freundlichkeit geprägt ist.

Wenn wir nur das Schlimmste sehen, zerstört das unsere Fähigkeit, etwas zu tun. Wenn wir uns an die Zeiten und Orte erinnern, an denen sich Menschen großartig verhalten haben, gibt uns das die Kraft zu handeln. Und wenn wir handeln, und sei es auch nur im Kleinen, müssen wir nicht auf eine große utopische Zukunft warten.

Die Zukunft ist eine unendliche Folge von Geschenken, und jetzt so zu leben, wie wir denken, dass Menschen leben sollten, trotz allem Schlechten um uns herum, ist selbst ein wunderbarer Sieg."

Howad Zinn

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On Florida’s Mound Key, the Calusa people harvested deadly burrfish—fish too toxic to eat. Why? New research hints at ritual, toolmaking, or medicine—but the true reason remains unsolved.
#CalusaMystery #AncientFlorida #ToxicFish #NativeHistory #Burrfish #SmartHistory #ArchaeologyFinds #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #AncientHistory #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read More: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology-ancient-places-americas/calusa-burrfish-0021800

~ The history of Native American women, Molly Spotted Elk/Mary Alice Nelson ~

Molly Spotted Elk was a Penobscot actress, dancer, and writer who may have also learned the art of basket weaving from her mother, Philomene Saulis Nelson (l. 1888-1977). Her great-niece is the activist, artist, basket maker, and geologist Theresa Secord (b. 1958).

Molly Spotted Elk was her stage name (first given her by the Cheyenne after she was adopted by them). Her given name at birth was Mary Alice Nelson. She began performing traditional Penobscot dances in vaudeville shows at a young age, became an accomplished poet and fiction writer, and lived in Paris, where she continued to perform on stage, between 1931 and 1934, before moving back to the United States and taking up residence in New York.

She was constantly challenged by the entertainment industry, which insisted on typecasting her and forcing her to perform in revealing costumes, but she remained true to the traditions of her people in the accuracy of her dance and attire as much as she could. She returned to Paris in 1938 to be with her husband, the French journalist Jean Archambaud but fled when the Nazis invaded in 1940, crossing the Pyrenees Mountains with her daughter into Spain and then returning to the United States. She died of natural causes at the Penobscot Indian Island Reservation in Maine in February 1977.

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~ The history of Native American women, Susan La Flesche Picotte ~

Susan La Flesche Picotte was a citizen of the Omaha nation and a social activist and reformer, best known as the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree and practice medicine.

She advocated temperance and supported legislation prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol as she was aware of the Euro-American practice of taking advantage of Native Americans in land deals by getting them drunk.

After receiving her degree, she returned to the Omaha reservation and cared for the community at large, even though her responsibilities were technically limited to the students of the boarding school. She was the sister of the famous journalist, activist, and writer Susette La Flesche (l. c. 1854-1903), best known for her articles on the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890, and, like her, was an outspoken advocate for Native American rights – especially those of the Omaha – focusing on concerns over land transactions, and public health.

She died of bone cancer in 1915. Her house in Nevada was preserved to honor her memory and, in 2009, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Susan La Flesche Picotte House.

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