Date: 06 Oct 91 13:42 PDT From: micah@igc.org Subject: Teaching Resource for Quincentenial Message-ID: <1563600040@igc.org> Discovery? Encounter? Invasion? For a teachable moment - A resource for teaching The Quincentenary of Columbus' landing inspires celebration, reflection, protest; pride, anger, remorse, resolve. Depending on where one stands: with the triumphant winners, with the chastened winners, with the undefeated losers. Authors of high school history texts generally stand with the triumphant winners, celebrating the conquering march of Europeans through Indian land. With, maybe, a nod acknowledging that the march demanded the sacrifice of Indian lives and Indian culture. 1492: Discovery? Encounter? Invasion? stands with the undefeated losers of the European conquest. This sixteen-page tabloid tells the story of the conquest from the perspective of the indigenous people of Latin America and of North America. It draws from the log of Columbus and from the writing of Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan Indian. It draws from the statements of Native Americans organized for their own commemoration of 500 Years of Resistance. It raises questions about "progress." It provides opportunities for student participation through suggested activities and discussion questions. For further information, contact the Michigan Interfaith Committee on Central American Human Rights: 4835 Michigan Ave., Detroit, MI 48210, (313) 894-0840 From: mtxinu.COM!noele (Noele Krenkel) Subject: Rethinking Columbus Resources Message-ID: <9109100705.AA17221nn@mtxinu.COM> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1991 07:05:33 GMT Original-Sender: mtxinu.COM!noele (Noele Krenkel) Rethinking Schools is publishing a newspaper titled Rethinking Columbus. Available in about two weeks. 35 cents per copy for 1,000+ order. Will include importance of re-evaluating traditional teachings about Columbs and the European conquest of the Americas; A review of children's books about Columbus; Tips on how to teach about Columbus from an anti-racist, multicultural perspective; a listing of resources, curricula, organizations and newspapers with a progressive perspective on the quincentenary; essays by Native Aemrican writers on indigenous peoples' views of the Columbus quincentenary; ideas on combatting anti-Indian stereotypes; how to present progressive views on the quincentenary within community, churces and local media. (414) 964-9646 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ** Topic: Rethinking Columbus; magazine ** ** Written 9:02 pm Oct 10, 1991 by tshapin in cdp:gen.references ** RETHINKING COLUMBUS A Special Issue of Rethinking Schools Dedicated to the Children of the Americas TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES Introduction: Why Rethink Columbus? "We Have No Reason to Celebrate an Invasion", Interview with Suzan Shown Harjo Discovering Columbus, Re-reading the Past, by Bill Bigelow America to Indians: Stay in the 19th Century, by Jan Elliot Thanking the Birds, by Joseph Bruchac ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISSUES Why I Am Not Thankful for Thanksgiving, by Michael Dorris Indian Children Speak, by Juanita Bell (Poem) Native Americans: What Not to Teach, by June Sark Heinrich Columbus in the Elementary Classroom, by Bob Peterson Helping Children Critique Columbus Books Native Land Rights: A Role Play, by Jane Califf Scalping Once Upon a Genocide, by Bill Bigelow What Do You Mean, You Haven't Read the Wilder Books? by Doris Sale Alphabet of Native COntributions The Untold Story, by Tina Thomas And Then I Went to School, by Joe Suina The Delight of Tsoai-Talee by N. Scott Momaday (Poem) SECONDARY SCHOOL ISSUES Talking Back to Columbus, by Bill Bigelow Iroquois Contribution to the Constitution Loo Wit, by Wendy Rose (Poem) Bones of Contention, by Tony Hillerman $3000 Death Song, by Wendy Rose (Poem) Spokane Museum, by Ramona Wilson (Poem) Halfbreed Girl in the City School, by Jo Whitehorse Cochran (Poem) It is Important, by Gail Tremblay (Peom) Myths that Bind Us, by Linda Christensen CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLES Struggles Unite Native Peoples, Interview with Chief Tayac Columbus Day, by Jimmie Durham (Poem) Indians Fight Modern Conquistadores, by Deborah Menkart Rigoberta Menchu' James Bay:Cree and Inuit Defend Lands Our Land, Our Life Indian Singing in 20th Century America, by Gail Tremblay (Poem) The Earth is a Satellite of the Moon, by Leonel Rugama (Poem) Texbook Crimes, by CURE The Danger of "Harmless" School Mascots BACKGROUND/CONTEXT African-Americans: Mourn the Quincentenary, by Bill Fletcher, Jr. "If I Had Five Minutes to Spend With Students," interview with LaDonna Harris La Raza: Product of Two Conquests, by Andre Guerrero Birth of the Mestizo Let's Leave Columbus Behind, by Hans Konig George Washington, Speculator in Native Lands Maps: Take Europe Off Center Stage, by W. Kaiser Rethinking Terminology, by Phil Tajitsu Nash and Emilienne Ireland HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS Timeline: Spain, Columbus, Native Americans For the Love of Gold, by Christopher Columbus The Spanish Fight for Justice in the Indies, by Bartolome' de las Casas Land of the Spotted Eagle, by Luther Standing Bear RESOURCES, REFERENCES Resource Guide Curriculum Elementary Books Secondary Books Original Sources Books for Adults Audio Visual Publications Maps, Posters, etc. Organizations Teaching Guide Poets' Biographies Action Ideas Magazine, 96 pages. This issue: 1 copy: $4 + $2 postage. 10-49 copies 1.25 ea + $8 postage. 50-199 copies .75 each + $8 postage. 200-999 copies .50 each plus $13 postage. 1000+ .35 each plus postage. "Rethinking Schools" is a quarterly publication of Rethinking Schools, Ltd ., a non-profit tax-exempt corporation. Subscription rates are $10/yr individual, $25/institutional. 1001 E. Keefe Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53212. 414-964-9646. ** End of text from cdp:gen.references ** ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== Response 1 of 1 ** Written 9:33 pm Oct 16, 1991 by cscheiner in cdp:gen.references ** This is an outstanding publication! I bought 25 while in Milwaukee a week ago and have already run out. When I called them today, to order more, I found out that the entire first printing (30,000) had been sold; a new printing is expected to be ready by 10/22. There has, however, been a price increase, as follows: 10-49 $2 + postage 50-199 $1.50 200-499 $1.00 500-999 $0.75 1000+ $0.50.