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“Nothing Remained of the Houses”: Indigenous American Resistance to Columbus’ First Settlement in the Americas

Discussion of how to teach Indigenous American resistance to Columbus' first colony in the Americas

Bram Hubbell
Bram Hubbell
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“Nothing Remained of the Houses”: Indigenous American Resistance to Columbus’ First Settlement in the Americas

I recently discussed how we can help students find missing voices by reading against the grain. We can also use the primary sources associated with Christopher Columbus to understand how Indigenous Americans in the Caribbean might have seen and resisted Columbus and the Europeans. This source can help students understand how resistance to the Spanish began almost as soon as the Spanish arrived.

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