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To some Americans, the figures on Mount Rushmore are patriotic leaders; to others, they’re colonizers. AP Photo/Stephen Groves

July 4, 2020

National parks – even Mount Rushmore – show that there’s more than one kind of patriotism

Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho

For some viewers, President Trump’s July 3 speech at Mount Rushmore represented love of country. Others saw it very differently.

Marchers celebrate the first Indigenous Peoples Day in Berkeley, Calif. on Oct. 10, 1992. AP Photo/Paul Sakuma

October 5, 2020

Why more places are abandoning Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day

Malinda Maynor Lowery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The official celebration of Native Americans represents the fruits of a decades-long effort.

Entry to Mount Rushmore along the Avenue of Flags. Xiao Fang/Wikimedia

June 26, 2019

Visiting national parks could change your thinking about patriotism

Jennifer Ladino, University of Idaho

Patriotism means pride in country, but what are we proud of? A former national park ranger suggests that visiting historic sites can remind Americans of the heritage, good and bad, that they share.

Delegates entering the Geneva conference. Wikimedia

September 20, 2017

Native Americans won a vital battle at UN 40 years ago – they need help again

Gyorgy Toth, University of Stirling

America’s indigenous tribes put themselves on the map in 1977. Now they’ve got Donald Trump to contend with.

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Jennifer Ladino
Professor of English, University of Idaho
Gyorgy Toth
Lecturer, Post-1945 US History and Transatlantic Relations, University of Stirling
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Professor of History and Director, Center for the Study of the American South, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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