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Native American Playwrights Practicing Public History: New Wave History Plays

31 March 2020 – Laurie Arnold

sense of place, lenape, public history, 2021 annual meeting, theater, Indigenous People, native americans, methods, manhattan, community history, cherokee

It’s been five years since Hamilton: An American Musical debuted at the Public Theatre in New York, a notable moment for numerous reasons, not least of which was the ensuing (and ongoing) clamor among Americans for tickets to see a musical about history. Read More

Excavating subterranean histories of Ringwood Mines and the Ramapough Lunaape Nation, part 1

28 November 2019 – Anita Bakshi

Indigenous People, memorials, landscape, social justice, native americans, public engagement, environmental history

The Ramapough Lunaape Turtle Clan have called Ringwood, New Jersey, home for centuries. The surrounding landscape features iron mines, Native American rock shelters, and a forest that provides food for hunters and foragers. But it also contains a stew of different chemical toxicants from the former Ford manufacturing plant, deep pockets of contaminated soil, streams that now flow with orange water, and the Ringwood Mines/Landfill Superfund Site. Read More

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Black History Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Placement at York University
05 March 2024 – Leena Hussein and Alanna Brown
digital history, race, Canada, Black history
Editor’s Note: This is piece is written from two perspectives to reflect on a collaborative public history placement at York University in Toronto, Canada. The authors, Alanna Brown and Leena Hussein, are profiled at the end of the piece. Introduction: Credible sources are essential to improving both the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia as an academic resource. Read More