As people concerned about racial justice grapple with the contradiction of living in the “Land of Liberty” that was built on the displacement and murder of Native Americans, one proactive measure we can take is to learn who the original inhabitants were and where they are now. Several tools now exist to remind us of who originally lived on the land we currently occupy.12 If you go online, you can find interactive maps that allow you to enter an address or a zip code, and it will tell you which nations originally lived on the land in that area. Beyond simply knowing the name of the nation, you
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