From Time Immemorial to a Melting Pot
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State and Province histories begin with stories of the distant past and then contrast the newcomers’ melting culture during the past 250 years to that the Indigenous Peoples’ lives of 15,000 years as residents. All history lessons contain references to the Indigenous Peoples, Native Plants, Native Animals (flora & fauna) and environmental and extinction challenges (we start with wars & proxy wars). We also do not apologize for beginning with 2 topics: Homo Sapiens in the Americas and History, the Search to Live Fully Realized Lives. Ethnobotanicals are what make our histories unique, there would be no human history of life without the food, shelter, and medicines provided by native flora and fauna. And we admit that most of humankind’s challenges today cannot be blamed on our ancestors, it all happened on our careless generation’s watch. We teach visually with remediation (for wrong answers) allowing students of all ages to learn from their mistakes. This is the greatest gift of history to future generations, the learning from past mistakes. Other Lessons will include:
From Time Immemorial to a Melting Pot
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Distant Past’s Artifacts, Relics
Stories and Histories of Our Place
Explorers, Exploiters & the Fur Trade
Encounter, Colonization, and Devastation: Tribal Homelands
Territories, Reservations, Treaties & Mining
Exploring the West Prior to Statehood: Tribal Homelands
Homestead Act, Farms, & the Flood
Honoring the Salmon
Statehood, Constitutions, Far West’s Owner
Independence: Revolution and the U.S. Constitution in Indian Country
Railways, Roads, Schools & Churches
Living in Washington: Celilo Falls
Parks, Wars, & the Great Depression
Legacy for Us Today: Elwha
Industry, Technology & the Careless
Being Citizens: Salmon Recovery
The Wistful Present & Future Generations
Giving Thanks: A Native American Cultural Tradition
There are many ways in which flora, fauna … and people have become, or may become, extinct. The first to be studied with an Indigenous example will be:
Wars & Proxy Wars
Global Warming
Clear-cutting and Herbicides
Time Immemorial to a Melting Pot
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