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Rethinking Columbus : the next 500 years

Bigelow, Bill, (editor.). Peterson, Bob, 1953- (editor.).

Summary: Rethinking Columbus: the next 500 years, edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson is a resource guide for teachers and community activists which includes 90 essays, poems, short stories, interviews, historical vignettes, and lesson plans that re-evaluate the legacy of Columbus.

Item details

  • ISBN: 094296120X
  • ISBN: 9780942961201
  • Physical Description: print
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    189 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Publisher: Milwaukee, WI : Rethinking Schools, [1998]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"Resources for teaching about the impact of the arrival of Columbus in the Americas"--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189).
Formatted Contents Note: Introduction -- Why rethink Columbus? -- We have no reason to celebrate / Suzan Shown Harjo -- America to Indians: stay in the 19th century! / Jan Elliott -- Beginnings -- Indians claim Italy by "right of discovery" / New York Times -- Discovering Columbus: re-reading the past / Bill Bigelow -- Sugar & slavery / Philip Martin -- African-American resistance / Bill Fletcher -- My country, Tis of Thy People You're Dying / Buffy Sainte-Marie -- Historic tribal locations / Map -- Elementary School Issues -- What not to teach / June Sark Heinrich -- Friend of the Indians / Joseph Bruchac -- Columbus & Native issues in the elementary classroom / Bob Peterson -- 1492 (song) / Nancy Schimmel -- Untold story / Tina Thomas -- Sacred buffalo / Rosalie Little Thunder -- Once upon a genocide: Columbus in children's literature / Bill Bigelow -- George Washington: an American hero? / CIBC -- Scalping: fact & fantasy / Philip Martin -- Indian lands for sale / poster -- Barbie-doll Pocahontas / Cornel Pewewardy -- Good intentions are not enough: recent children's books on the Columbus-Taino encounter / Bill Bigelow -- Teaching ideas -- Rethinking Thanksgiving -- Delight song of Tsoai-Talee / N Scott Momaday -- Giving thanks: the story of Indian summer / Joseph Bruchac -- Thanking the birds / Joseph Bruchac -- Alphabet of the Americas -- Why I'm not thankful for Thanksgiving / Michael Dorris -- Plagues & Pilgrims: the truth about the first Thanksgiving / James W Lowen -- Teaching ideas & suggested activities -- Trial (the People vs. Columbus, et al) -- For the sake of gold / Hans Koning -- Class role play / Bill Bigelow -- Trial in the elementary classroom / Bob Peterson -- Columbus's diary: reading between the lines / Bill Bigelow -- First few days: the journal of Christopher Columbus -- Timeline: Spain, Columbus, and Tainos "open your hearts / adapt from Bartolome del las Casas -- Taínos -- Tainos: men of the good / Jose Barreiro -- Imagining the Tainos / Bill Bigelow -- Gold people / Anna Hereford -- Taino resistance: Enrique's uprising / Alvin Josephy, Jr -- Rethinking terms / Philip Tajitsu Nash and Emilienne Ireland -- Secondary School Issues -- Ceremony / Leslie Marmon Siklo -- Talking back to Columbus: teaching for justice and hope / Bill Bigelow -- Columbus Day / Jimmie Durham -- Broken spears lie in the roads / unknown Aztec poet -- Black Indians & resistance / William Loren Katz -- Indian singing in 20th century America / Gail Tremblay -- Cowboys and Indians: on the playground / Ray Gonzalez -- Human beings are not mascots / Barbara Munson -- Looney tunes and Peter Pan: unlearning racist stereotypes / Linda Christensen -- Bones of contention / Tony Hillerman -- Three thousand dollar death song / Wendy Rose -- Canada apologizes to its Native People / from the Associated Press -- What's in an apology? / Bob Peterson -- Elizabeth Peratrovich Day -- Teaching ideas -- Contemporary Struggles -- Current struggles around the hemisphere -- Treaty rights: an overview / Philip Martin -- Modern hero: Rigoberta Menchu / Deborah Menkart -- Resistance at Oka / Peter Blue Cloud -- Unity of Native Peoples / Billy Redwing Tayac -- Leonard Peltier: an American political prisoner / Philip Martin -- Loo-wit / Wendy Rose -- Theft of the Black Hills / Philip Martin -- Shrinking Indian lands / map series -- Earth is a satellite of the moon / Leonel Rugama -- Teaching ideas -- Environmental Issues -- To the women of the world: our future, our responsibility / Winona LaDuke --- People vs nature in 15th century Europe / Kirkpatrick Sale -- Radioactive mining: good economics or genocide? / Ward Churchill -- All pigs on deck: the Columbus myth & the environment / Bill Bigelow -- Land of the spotted Eagle / Luther Standing Bear -- Earth and the American dream: selected quotes / from the video -- Earth and the American dream: questions -- Red ribbons for Emma / Deb Preusch, et al -- Teaching ideas -- Final Words -- Remember / Joy Harjo -- For some, a time of mourning / Wendy Rose -- Blue tiger / Eduardo Galeano -- Colibri / Martin Espada -- Resources -- Books for young readers and adults, curriculum materials, videos, websites, organizations and more.
Subject: Columbus, Christopher Study and teaching
America Discovery and exploration Spanish Study and teaching
Indians of North America Civil rights
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Columbus, Christopher
Indians of North America Civil rights
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Study skills
America

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