I am so tired of Native American units... every year my kids are asked to research a tribe... every year it causes stress and tensions in our house... every year my children feel pressured to just get it done in order to get a good grade and please their teachers... every year...
I know I know mom... sovereignty... I know I know mom... treaties... I know I know mom... but I just want to get this done. I just need to present on [insert white anthropological gaze here.... arts, crafts, shelters, foods, ceremonies, etc.]... I just need to finish this...
Colonial logics permeate every aspect of these Native American units (i.e., "How did Native people come to North America?" is a biased, Eurocentric question). And when your kid cares about their grades, challenging colonial logics takes a back seat to getting a good score...
Update: I was reminded today of the importance in having faith in myself as a mother, and in my son. And I remembered that "reading survivance from a place of survivance" (as my dear friend Angie Morrill has written), is a practice. My son navigated this assignment brilliantly.
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