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In Their Own Voice: Native Americans Tell Their History
April 1, 2009
Gill Solomon chief sachem, Massachuset-Ponkapoag Tribal Council
Mary Anne Hendricks sachem, Natick Nipmuc Indians

Gill Solomon, chief sachem of the Massachuset-Ponkapoag Tribal Council, and Mary Anne Hendricks, sachem of the Natick Nipmuc Indians, talk to park rangers from the Boston Harbor Islands about how they want their history to be taught. Solomon and Hendricks argue that the prevailing history of the Native Americans was written not by the native people themselves, but by the people who came to America and decided what history would be written. The sachems explain that, for this reason, the native people must tell their own story.

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