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“Zapata spoke Nahuatl”: Indigenous Mexicans Participating in the Mexican Revolution

A discussion of how to teach the participation of Indigenous peoples in the Mexican Revolution.

“Zapata spoke Nahuatl”: Indigenous Mexicans Participating in the Mexican Revolution
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The Last Supper in Cuzco: Indigenizing Christianity in the Andes

A discussion of syncretism in Spanish colonial Cuzco in the eighteenth century.

The Last Supper in Cuzco: Indigenizing Christianity in the Andes
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“Fought Against the Army”: Indigenous Americans and Argentina’s “Golden Age” (c.1875 - c.1920)

Discussion of teaching Indigenous Americans in Argentina and Latin America in the nineteenth century

“Fought Against the Army”: Indigenous Americans and Argentina’s “Golden Age” (c.1875 - c.1920)
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“Know How to Treat Indians”: Indigenous American Resistance to the British Attempts at Christianization

A discussion of Indigenous American resistance in eighteenth-century New York.

“Know How to Treat Indians”: Indigenous American Resistance to the British Attempts at Christianization
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“You Glory in Our Old Rags”: Indigenous Americans and the Fur Trade in Northern America, c.1600 - c.1800

Discussion of teaching the North American fur trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that centers Indigenous American experiences.

“You Glory in Our Old Rags”: Indigenous Americans and the Fur Trade in Northern America, c.1600 - c.1800
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“Indian Parents Defend their Daughter”: Indigenous Resistance in Early Seventeenth Century Peru

A discussion of Indigenous resistance in Spanish Peru.

“Indian Parents Defend their Daughter”: Indigenous Resistance in Early Seventeenth Century Peru
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“We Will Follow That Which Our Ancestors Followed”: Indigenous Agency and Navigating the Changes in Sixteenth-Century Mesoamerica

A discussion about teaching the agency of Indigenous Americans in sixteenth-century Mesoamerica.

“We Will Follow That Which Our Ancestors Followed”: Indigenous Agency and Navigating the Changes in Sixteenth-Century Mesoamerica
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“Peace Was Made with the Carios”: Snapshots from Indigenous American History

A discussion about integrating the experiences of Indigenous Americans into the teaching of world history.

“Peace Was Made with the Carios”: Snapshots from Indigenous American History
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A Revolutionary Challenge: The Túpac Amaru Rebellion and Rethinking the Atlantic Revolutions

In many world history textbooks, discussion of the Atlantic Revolutions often begins with the background causes, such as the Seven Years’ War and the Enlightenment, that contributed to the outbreak of the Revolutions, and the first revolution discussed is almost always the North American Revolution. While it makes sense to

A Revolutionary Challenge: The Túpac Amaru Rebellion and Rethinking the Atlantic Revolutions