Oh heck yeah. Covering our school textbooks with brown paper was de rigeur back in the 1970s. By the mid-80s we went all fancy with the clear, sticky plastic.

🚨 Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Ryan Yates has been arrested in a child predator sting in Florida. The sheriff said, "He got away with it with a federal system. But not here."

This Trump supporting gay cure minister was arrested for trying to meet with an underage boy.

THE TRAIL OF TEARS WAS ABOUT MORE THAN LAND. IT WAS ABOUT ERASURE. Native nations lost homes. Languages were threatened. Sacred places were abandoned. Families were broken apart. Thousands died during forced removal marches after the U.S. government pushed Indigenous communities from their ancestral territories. People walked through sickness, hunger, and freezing weather with little protection and little mercy. Many never survived the journey west. Imagine being a child watching your parents struggle to stay alive. Imagine being forced to leave the graves of your ancestors behind forever. Imagine knowing you may never see your homeland again. That pain shaped generations. And yet many Native people say the topic is still treated too briefly in schools. Students often learn about westward expansion from the perspective of settlers. But Native communities experienced that same expansion as displacement, suffering, and loss. History changes depending on whose voices are included. That is why Indigenous voices matter. Because Native history is not separate from American history. It IS American history. Why this matters: • Indigenous remembrance • Cultural survival • Historical truth • Respect for Native voices • Honest storytelling Do schools need to teach the Trail of Tears more completely? YES or NO?