In December of 2016, an article appeared in The New York Times about the protests at Standing Rock reservation that asks the question about who has right to tell a people's stories. Recently, the Queensborough Community College Kupferberg Holocaust Center hosted a lecture series, "Survivance on Turtle Island:Engaging with Native American Cultural Survival, Resistance, and Allyship," as part of their KHC/NEH 2018-19 Colloquium. Their March event featured an event "Standing With Standing Rock: Allyship And The Environment,' about the protests at the Standing Rock Indian reservation over the building of a pipeline near their land. We might ask ourselves the question about to what extent our stories from our own cultures and religions impact how we see real events happening in the world today. In the comments section below, write about how a story or legend that you are familiar influences how you think about a specific issue that has cultural, political, or religious significance.
References: Interactive map: https://native-land.ca/
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