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Caring for Country: Aboriginal Australia

A visit to Australia prompts reflections on the ways in which Indigenous knowledge(s) and presence on the land is acknowledged (or not) in different settler-colonial societies, including the United States.

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NPS Names First Superintendent for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument

Established by Presidential Proclamation on March 25, 2013, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument commemorates the life of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, a fearless woman who enabled many enslaved people to emancipate themselves and escape to freedom in the North. The site now has its first permanent Superintendent, Cherie Butler, a a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service.

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Caring for Country: Aboriginal Australia

A visit to Australia prompts reflections on the ways in which Indigenous knowledge(s) and presence on the land is acknowledged (or not) in different settler-colonial societies, including the United States.

Read More »

NPS Names First Superintendent for Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument

Established by Presidential Proclamation on March 25, 2013, Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Monument commemorates the life of the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad, a fearless woman who enabled many enslaved people to emancipate themselves and escape to freedom in the North. The site now has its first permanent Superintendent, Cherie Butler, a a 21-year veteran of the National Park Service.

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