Tensions arise over Native American curriculum in Connecticut schools news12.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from news12.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Recent legislation signed by Governor Ned Lamont mandated that school districts include Native American studies in kindergarten through 12th grade social studies courses, starting in the fall of 2023.
Chris Newell, former education supervisor for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, said during his six years at the museum it was not uncommon for a student or parent to ask, innocent.
A piece of history returns home to the Mohegan Tribe. Dartmouth College returned the Samson Occum papers last week, written by the Mohegan minister and academic.