Rewriting the Native American Narrative

They weren't defeated by White Europeans but survive, and some thrive

Teaching American history, I’ve had several students volunteer that they had Native American ancestry. I was very curious about what they knew about their family histories. A classmate of European descent cracked, “Gee, I thought ‘we’ killed them all!” and laughed. I glared at him. His comment could, I suppose, be chalked up as insensitivity, bullying, …