Notes on Indigenous Peoples History

everyrone should have one isnt expecting to read every page, epsec in college experiment with skimming no need to mem every page etc.

tom does rec and outlines sections / types of argument

try automating?

1.  What is “The Myth” of US history that Dunbar-Ortiz seeks to challenge?

2.  Why does the history of indigenous peoples not fit into the framework of multiculturalism?

3.  How does Dunbar-Ortiz’s approach to the history of the United States compare with Hannah-Jones?

4.  What is the difference between an “origin narrative” and a history of the founding of the United States? What role does each play in our understanding of the country?

1. hannah-jones still has american exceptionalism, dunbar says it's all bad?
   1. multiculturalism -> mixed salad, distinct
      1. dunbar argues that natives got assimilated
      2. hannah jones argues that natives drove that which makes america exceptional

every author has a "project," an agenda

the history of american bends towrds freedom - ~obama no, it's cus of brutal fighting, argues dunbar and friends

we've kind of been looking at things from the perspective of the left a little bit

"america, love it or leave it"

• types on anti-racism
  • MLK
    • race is an insignificant atribute
  • race-consuinsess
    • opressed groups need more recognition, repsect, resources
      • not about racial harmony