From the ACLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Kendall Seasmeyer, your host.

On this podcast, we have covered book banning and education gag orders a few times before.

But the way we see it, these bans and revisionist histories thrive in

our silence. Despite the more recent attention surrounding the onslaught of education gag orders,

the suppression of certain histories isn't new. Indigenous history and indigenous issues have long been underreported and even erased,

sidelineing indigenous folks and their experiences from the national conversation.

This is actually one of the most active mechanisms of oppression of indigenous Americans.

Erasure. Erasure of history, culture, and language. Make no mistake,

the education gag orders are just the latest euphemisms and violent tools for cultural genocide.

This story is playing out across the country, especially in South Dakota, where the governor and state legislature have introduced multiple bills over the last two years, aiming to dramatically dilute indigenous history and culture in the school curriculum. Hi, my name is Wyatt Hunter.

I am 19 years old.

I am from Kyle, South Dakota, which is on the Ogoalosu Reservation.

And I just recently graduated in 2022.

Wyatt Hunter is a member of the Ocetti-Shakowee Nation.

He has been an active voice fighting against education gag orders in South Dakota

that would impact how and if indigenous history is taught to students statewide.

To Wyatt, all of this hubbub over education is strange.

He thought what he learned in school about his history was already underwhelming and insufficient.

I wish I was taught more about like, how did we get to this point where one of the more impoverished counties and, like, places in this country, you know?

How did that happen?

And what caused that?

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