“We Are Still Here!” Comanche Nation Hopes To Correct U.S. Textbooks

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling To this day schoolchildren across the United States still ask their teachers if there are real Indians. The Comanche Nation, however, hopes to undo this historical amnesia. Besides assisting state and educational officials in correcting textbooks and implementing new standards, they are touring the country and presenting Historical Trunks. What’s more, the trunks consist of a hands-on approach that introduces students to a highly developed Comanche culture filled with art and familial stories, trade and ponies and courageous warriors who not only resisted one of the longest genocides in history, but saved thousands of U.S. troops at the famous...