The Empire Files Host Abby Martin interviews author Prof. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (RT) |
The Empire Files: Native American "genocide"
Indigenous Peoples' History of the US (beacon) |
Each year in November the United States celebrates a mythical version of American history. What is our real history?
Thanksgiving Day in the US, particularly the "traditional" dinner feast, is portrayed as a happy commemoration of sharing as Europeans save the Native Americans by sharing good food with them and proper table manners.
Supper was held under the boot of settler-colonialism. It is one of our empire's most cherished falsehoods, one we rarely stop to question as a Eurocentric Judeo-Christian country.
To hear the true story of the Native American peoples' plight -- from "genocide" to "cultural re-education" -- host Abby Martin interviews Native American scholar Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, renowned indigenous activist, about her book An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. More
Supper was held under the boot of settler-colonialism. It is one of our empire's most cherished falsehoods, one we rarely stop to question as a Eurocentric Judeo-Christian country.
To hear the true story of the Native American peoples' plight -- from "genocide" to "cultural re-education" -- host Abby Martin interviews Native American scholar Dr. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, renowned indigenous activist, about her book An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. More
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