The Forgotten Slavery of our Ancestors
The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors film was produced in 2020 by See Stories and Teaching Tolerance Learning for Justice Director Maureen Costello & the late Educational Consultant Dr. Kate Shuster working with co-producer Alice Qannik Glenn & Director Howdice Brown III.
The Forgotten Slavery of Our Ancestors offers an introduction to the history of Indigenous enslavement on land that is now the United States. As the featured historians point out, the enslavement of Indigenous peoples stretched from Alaska into South America. It predated and helped shape the system of African enslavement in New England, and it lasted until throughout the 19th century in the West. “This,” explains historian Andrés Reséndez, “is our shared history.”
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Standards
- Grade 9-12 Alaska Social Studies Standards: Theme 4: The Myth of the Last Frontier. Topic: Resistance and Reform. SS.AKH.4.8.1 Evaluate the efficacy of formal and informal colonial policies, their effects on Sovereign Tribal Nations’ ability to self‐govern and Alaska Native resistance efforts to preserve Tribal sovereignty.
Land Acknowledgement
This video was filmed on Unangax̂ /Aleut Land. Learn more about land acknowledgements at native-land.ca.