Dr. Farina King teaches, "Public History," which is an introduction to public history practices, methodologies, and issues centered on U.S. histories and memories. The course also includes direct engagement with local public historians and community-based projects with a heavy emphasis on Native American and Indigenous studies. For this activity, students identify and introduce a Native American historical figure from sometime between the nineteenth century and twenty-first century. Dr. King created a video montage of all the students' submitted work, which will be shared with local fifth grade classes to teach youth about the diversity of Native American peoples and their influences.

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