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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

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This is a fun read. It‘s certainly geared toward kids, but it‘s also a valuable book for adults as well. I can‘t wait to read the next one now. People who believe the world is only 6,000 years old are not going to like this book. This presents, in vivid color and detail, the history of indigenous peoples in North America. It covers everything from the Bering Straight to present day. The final chapter is a wellspring of hope for the future. 👇🏻

GingerAntics I highly recommend this book. It should be required reading for teachers and elementary school children. #EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History 3y

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GingerAntics

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

Love this! We need more of this. A lot more.
💙💙💙
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

This is a lovely contribution to poetry month.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History #Joetry2021 @CBee @Chrissyreadit

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GingerAntics

Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

Now this is a great chapter title that really fills the reader with hope.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

This is cringeworthy. This before and after photo has me thinking “oh no no no.” You can tell in the eyes, the boy on the right has lost ALL of his innocence and identity. Those eyes are haunting.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick So sad. There's so much more story & interest on the left. The boy on the right looks like he's ready to cut a bitch if the opportunity arose. Boy, 12, is already over the white man's shit. 3y

GingerAntics @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick right? I felt like the kid on the right was just daring the guy behind the camera to come at him. Beating kids for being themselves will do that, though. (edited) 3y

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

I think the superior culture is quite clear in this story. The poor infant still nursing after its mother was murdered is just heartbreaking. The poor dear. I can‘t imagine what life ended up like for that kid.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

This truly is the “greatest disaster in all of human history, because no one remembers it.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

Yeah, white people are so honourable, we must spread that around the world. 🤦🏼‍♀️ #sarcasm
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger

This paragraph should be in every history book in the Western Hemisphere. We‘ve got to stop treating Christopher Columbus like a bloody hero.
#EldonYellowhorn #KathyLowonger #TurtleIsland #IndigenousVoices2021 #IndigenousHistory #History

Oldschool_millenial Every year when the calendar says "Columbus Day," my community college celebrates Indigenous Day with a huge event in which local tribes come to share and celebrate their cultures with food, music and dance, and also educate about their cultures and histories. 3y

GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial I love everything about that. I observe it as Indigenous Day as well. I just can‘t bring myself to acknowledge the jerk. Somehow, for some people, it‘s okay to force convert people to Christianity, but if it‘s any other religion, they‘re up in arms. 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️ I will absolutely never say Columbus was a hero, and if I ever have kids, they will never learn that either. 3y

Oldschool_millenial Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything spent an entire season, called "History Reanimated," going through myths that we often learn as historical fact--or at least assume they're facts. One segment debunks the significance of Columbus entirely. (He also spends time on the actual, much darker story of Pocahontas) 3y

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GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial I‘ve never seen that, but it sounds like a great show, at least for that season, and right up my ally. I‘m going to have to find that now. 3y

GingerAntics @Oldschool_millenial wasn‘t Pocahontas really what we would call a preteen today? She was just a kid, even by the standards of the day. 3y

Oldschool_millenial YEP! 🚨🚨🚨 3y

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Turtle Island: The Story of North America's First People | Yellowhorn, Lowinger