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Podcast Episode 91 People around the world have celebrated Christopher Columbus for centuries as the seafaring explorer who discovered America. In doing so, they blithely ignored the Vikings who preceded him, to say nothing of the Native Indians who greeted him. This episode is my modest contribution to the cognitive dissonance afoot that should correct… Listen.
Like America, Canada has mistreated indigenous peoples. The difference is that we know little about Canada’s aboriginal shame. But its indigenous peoples are now forcing a public reckoning. Canada’s indigenous peoples The BBC aired a documentary yesterday on Canada’s (mis)treatment of Canadian Indians. It was heartrending. Poverty and unemployment remain disproportionately high among First Nations… Read more.
Sportscaster Bob Costas threw fuel on the fire that has been simmering for years over calls by the Oneida Indians (Native Americans) for Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, to change the team’s nickname. Here, in part, is what he said on Sunday during halftime of NBC’s very popular Sunday Night Football: Objections to… Read more.
