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Spain’s Move to Decolonize Its Museums Must Continue

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In Asia and Oceania, Spanish rule for over 300 years introduced Catholicism and centralized governance in places like present-day Guam , the Philippines, and Taiwan, deeply altering the identity and languages of these regions. Read more from the archives: “ Repatriation Has Transformed, Not Ended, Research.”

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How the Electoral College Works—And Why It Exists

Teaching American History

The Electoral College process respects the federal character of the United States, giving certain roles to the states and others to the federal government. Much of the discussion during the Constitutional Convention revolved around measures needed to balance the powers of the state and national governments. How does the process work?

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Every Schools' Obligation

A Principal's Reflections

that information can be accessed, adapted, archived, and shared by anyone who has access to their accounts. Teachers also worked with students to properly cite resources pulled from the Web, giving proper credit when they saw it was governed by a Creative Commons license. comments, pictures, videos, etc.),

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Critical Literacy Across the Curriculum

A Principal's Reflections

Gather 4 archival photographs to provide documented proof of the specific abuse towards the victim group. survival depends upon racial purity, survival depends upon seizure of territory or survival depends on nullifying or eliminating anti-social groups who undermine society and government) Utilizing the archives of the U.S.

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Tracing Roti’s Pasts, Presents, and Futures

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In a 16th-century Ain-i-Akbari report on Mughal Emperor Akbars government, an author refers to roti explicitly , explaining that the dish made with flour, milk, ghee, and salt tastes very well, when served hot. Based on our extensive research and experience, this is still true.)

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Bits and Bytes Don’t Leave Bones

Anthropology News

Open-access sites like Annas Archive challenge these barriers, much like underground migration networks, offering access but risking legal suppression. Even open-knowledge projects like the Internet Archive s Wayback Machine face legal threats, echoing the way public records and historical narratives are censored.

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Teaching Syndemics

Teaching Anthropology

As syndemics can be traced back in time through bioarcheology and archival research, described in contemporary disease crises through ethnography and epidemiology, and projected into the further as a result of the ongoing cascade of emergent infectious diseases, teaching syndemics allows a wide historic perspective on human health.

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