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3/ The myth of the “unsettled West” — the idea that history in the U.S. began with white settlement — pervades conservation &
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1/ This
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tweet is filled with inaccuracies, laden with a colonizer’s ideology.
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2/ This "unknown" was definitely known to some. No matter how people cling to mythology, these people were in Indian Country.
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4/ Settling the West included genocide and the fact that Native children were held “hostage” to take the land.
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5/ Chinese workers actually built much of the West's rail system, and they were barred from obtaining U.S. citizenship.
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6/
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's mission is to sustain the nation's
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for the use & enjoyment of present & future generations, not act as a political prop for the president or serve the former bosses of its leadership.
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