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How Expansive Is Oregon Trail History? with Professor Margaret Huettl

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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How to Tell a Narrative About Westward Expansion?

I think what makes it so hard for people to talk about is that it's really hard to think of your ancestors as having any sort of genicidal intent. They didn't mean for any of this to happen, a they that's that, you know, like that. I've had certain people in my life whr've really gotten into fights about this h e because i'm like, we assign such this like judgment on other other countries that have done similar things. We often don't look at the one that was perpetuated and still being perpetuated against native people.

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