With the 50th anniversary of the Selma march tomorrow, I wanted to bring all my kids up to speed on everything and place the current events within a historical framework. So we just sat and watched short videos for the last hour, and I just wanted to share them in case anyone else found them…
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History
The Grind of Endless Production
[blockquote type=”center”]”The Solomonic achievement was in part made possible by oppressive social policy…Fundamental to social policy was the practice of forced labor, in which at least to some extent subjects existed to benefit the state or the political economy….it was unmistakably the policy of the regime to mobilize and claim the energies of people for…
Nightmare Into Policy
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e have, both in the story of Pharaoh and the United States, empires that take the land of the people. The Egyptians received food in exchange, while for the Native Americans it was lies, sickness, and poverty. Here Brueggemann is talking about Pharaoh and his dreams: [blockquote type=”center”]“The nightmare is about scarcity. The one with…
A Systemic Greediness
[blockquote type=”center”]”Those who are living in anxiety and fear, most especially fear of scarcity, have no time or energy for the common good. Anxiety is no adequate basis for the common good; anxiety will cause the formulation of policy and of exploitative practices that are inimical to the common good, a systemic greediness that precludes…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes
So, I’m not a designer, obviously. But I had fun in Photoshop anyway. I found some quotes of Dr. King that offer an alternative to all of the ‘choose love’ quotes people love to post around this time. If you click on the images, it’ll take you to the full version. Download them, print them…
The Myth of the First Thanksgiving – Resources
Resources (*indicates I highly recommend it) General *Atlas of the North American Indian – Waldman Great Speeches by Native Americans – Blaisdell *The Red King’s Rebellion – Bourne Daily Life of Native Americans – Nash and Strobel We’re Still Here – Waugaman *Voices of the Rainbow – Rosen *The Winona LaDuke Reader – LaDuke *A…
The First Thanksgiving – A Day of Mourning
“Reconciliation without meaningful restitution merely reinscribes the status quo without holding anyone accountable for ongoing injustices. At its core, reconciliation has a religious connotation premised on restoring one’s relationship with God. In fact, most Indigenous nations don’t have words for reconciliation in their languages, which is the truest test of its lack of relevance…
Myth of America – The Clash of Spiritualities
Myth of the First Thanksgiving – Other Festivals and Thanksgivings
Colonialism – A History Lesson with Skittles
“Native societies were not homogenous…Native societies and cultures were not static.” –DL It is a sign of respect to know the names and locations of tribes. They aren’t just ‘Indians’; they are people groups with governments, conflicts, history, and culture. “One area of cultural continuity and strength for Algonkian peoples in the Northeast…