When life was our own : spring and the time of the new year -- Creating colonies : more than a new place to live -- When life was our own : summer-tending to Corn Mother -- PPP : pre-pilgrim patterns -- When life was our own : summer continues -- Colonization : the price of the land -- When life was our own : autumn-time of the harvest -- Colonization continues : abundance or destruction? -- When life was our own : autumn-trouble looms -- Laws : the European legal system imposed -- When life was our own : winter-time of the long moon -- Education : a way of life or a system of indoctrination? -- When life was our own -- Flash forward.
Summary:
"Until now, you've only heard one side of the story: the "discovery" of America told by Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists. Here's the true story of America from the Indigenous perspective. When you think about the beginning of the American story, what comes to mind? Three ships in 1492, or perhaps buckled hats and shoes stepping off of the Mayflower, ready to start a new country. But the truth is, Christopher Columbus, the Pilgrims, and the Colonists didn't arrive to a vast, empty land ready to be developed. They arrived to find people and communities living in harmony with the land they had inhabited for thousands of years, and they quickly disrupted everything they saw. From its "discovery" by Europeans to the first Thanksgiving, the story of America's earliest days has been carefully misrepresented. Told from the perspective of the New England Indigenous Nations that these outsiders found when they arrived, this is the true story of how America as we know it today began." -- Provided by publisher. "The true story of the Indigenous Nations of the American Northeast, including the Wampanoag nation and others, and their history up to present day"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.