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How to Teach With Land Cession Maps Without Flattening the Story
Most students first meet the story of Native land loss through a single classroom map.
The drum starts, the announcer asks everyone to rise, and a line of dancers carrying eagle staffs and flags enters the arena. Somewhere in the stands a visitor is still seated, phone raised, filming the whole thing.
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Most students first meet the story of Native land loss through a single classroom map.
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