Summarize what you learned from the Mattaponi tribe and include in your analysis the debate between historians of European descent and those that are Native American about how to write the history of Indian peoples.
A controversy is a story with two sides. Often, in our history texts, only one side of the story is told. Should the other side be told? Many people are familiar with the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. However, if you questioned a Mattaponi tribal member about the story it would sound more like […]