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Just a month ago, former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, who’s currently a CNN contributor, sparked a viral controversy after insisting that “there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture” at a Young America’s Foundation event on Friday, April 23 later apologizing while claiming that he “misspoke” at the conservative gathering.
Before the faith-driven pilgrims filled with Judeo-Christian values who fled from England in the name of religious persecution initially landed at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts around 1620, “we came here and created a blank state,” according to Santorum. “We birthed a nation from nothing.”
Take a Drive for Daycation Season Four day trips in the immediate tri-state area worth embarking on by Jonathan Burdick
Nick Warren
After the unprecedented summer of 2020, many are looking towards this summer with a little more optimism. The pandemic is not over and masking, social distancing, and caution will still be the norm, but as the vaccination becomes more widely available, it is likely that we will begin the transition back to something that feels a bit more like the Before Times. If getting outside of your bubble is a possibility this summer, consider some daycations that you might otherwise overlook, which will serve both as a reminder of the richness of our area while also keeping money local, helping the regional economy.
More Than A Stereotype by Kimberly Firestine Why do I have to ask more than once?
This question, prompted by Dr. Joe Stahlman a Tuscarora man who serves as director of the Seneca Nation Tribal Historical Preservation Office, the Seneca Iroquois National Museum and the Onöhsagwë:de Cultural Center refers to the ongoing issue Native Americans face of having to constantly remind others they are not mascots or peoples of the past.
Stahlman has been fighting against that idea since he was 18, a 30-year battle to be seen as a living, breathing human belonging to a culture that still exists.