at the beginning of this course i asked each of you to tell me what you think of when you think of colonial history. many of you don t remember what you put, i m sure. i will give you a little synopsis today. many of you focused on what historians would called the historian revolutionary era. people like george washington, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, issues about taxation without representation, other founders and the imperial crisis of the war popped up. a few of you mentioned places like historic jamestown, plymouth plantation in massachusetts, and colonial williamsburg. a few people mentioned the history of slavery. it was notably because either/or the 1619 project or the black lives matter protests. there were a few omissions. no one mentioned individual women or individual indigenous people by name, and no one, if i am remembering correctly, mentioned anything west of the appalachian mountains, much less west of the mississippi or the rockies or west coast. tec
capitol and statues of columbus and pocahontas. this video was provided by the university of delaware. welcome toanslin: history of colonial america. i am professor zara anishanslin. at the beginning of this course i asked each of you to tell me what you think of when you think of colonial history. many of you don t remember what you put, i m sure. on whatyou focused historians would called the historian revolutionary era. people like george washington, thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, issues about taxation without representation, other founders and the imperial crisis of the war popped up. a few of you mentioned places like historic jamestown, plymouth plantation in massachusetts, and colonial williamsburg. a few people mentioned the history of slavery. it was notably because either /or the 1619 project or the black lives matter protests. there were a few omissions. no one mentioned individual women or individual indigenous people by name, and no one, if i am rememberin
dr. gregory d. smithers, an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university, specializes in native american history. else the author of several books including an indigenous history of migration, resettlement and identity about which greg spoke here a few years ago. and his newest book and the subject of today s lecture native southerners indigenous history from origins of removal. please give a warm welcome to our guest speaker, greg smithers. [ applause ] let me first begin by acknowledging the traditional landowners of this region, members of the powatan chiefdom and the chickahawpee people. thank you to those who organized this. it s much appreciated and it s lovely to be back here at the virginia museum of history and culture. i hope i got that right. i m going to begin today by talking just a little bit about the artwork on the cover of my new book. this is a piece by chief terry saul. he s was he s passed, now he s walked on. chief terry s
the american indian s latest exhibition, americans. the premise is that most american people today feel they have very little to do with native americans, and native americans have virtually nothing to do with them or their lives. and we believe that the exact opposite is true. so in this exhibition, the natural museum of the american indian is examining the nature of non-native americans relationship with native americans. and we do this through a prism of the national paradox. that s the reduction is one that is very familiar to americans whether they are native or not. the paradox is american indians constitute 1% to 2% of the u.s. population, yet everywhere you look, you see imagery of american indians. this imagery is found not only in advertising, product design and corporate logos. it is also found on state and county seals. it is found in u.s. military insignia. it is found in motel and storefront signage on , architectural elements, of buildings and bridges. it is fo
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