people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle. for me, this is joe amish land. my name is alyssa london. i grew up here, but i m a proud member of the indian tribe of alaska. as an alaskan native, my native identity includes as everything i do. as an msnbc contributor, entrepreneur, and former miss alaska usa. alaska airlines flew me to washington, but i m not here to be in seattle. i m on my way across the puget sound. we are really moving! to the suquamish tribal nation. these are the plans of chief seattle, a suqua
people moved into america, it was empty, and we are far from empty. one textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that is not how it is today. the common stereotypes. how? yeah, how. americans walk around on eggshells. like, what do we call you guys? we only want to have a seat at the table. we do not want anything more. you just don t want i would have to create space, opportunity for young people to know that there is hope. to most, this is the city of seattle.
tribal nation because more and more, is just really showing people that we aren t a monolith. we have such unique cultures and language, and, you know, histories. the schools you are just talking about, nearly 90% do not teach about us past 19 hundreds. so, it s literally the american public can t even really think about us in a contemporary context. a textbook picture of what a native american looks like and that s not how it is today. that s true. i think also, sometimes there is this duality. i grew up in a household where my parents are cherokee first language speakers, where there is great pride in your culture, and your heritage. and then in the public school system, where high school counselor is not telling me how to get the college because, she told me one day, indians drop out of college. we have come a long way and in a lot of ways, because more is known about us, but there s also steps backwards. public school systems teachers are not allowed to teach about the histor
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