![]() ![]() ![]() “And sometimes this history makes some individuals feel uncomfortable because when you take on real history you take on a responsibility of what people have done in the past. ![]() “(These books) contradict a lot of the history that we were taught growing up in Western schools,” said Donald Keeble, director of the Forest County Potawatomi Cultural Center, which is home to both the tribe’s library and museum. Several parents in that district had brought up concerns about teaching white guilt. These books shed light on the atrocities committed against Indigenous people by European colonizers and how Indigenous people survived and persevered. In 2021, the Central York School District in Pennsylvania banned several books by Indigenous authors, including “Fry Bread: A Native American Story” by Kevin Maillard, “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and “The People Shall Continue” by Simon Ortiz. CRANDON - As history books are being banned across the country by certain school districts and libraries in an apparent culture war against critical race theory, officials at the Potawatomi Library in Crandon say their institution will always be a source of Native truth. ![]()
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