Most people think history is about winning arguments. It isn’t. It’s about not erasing people while trying to explain the past. Indigenous Americans have always been on their lands. That is not a theory. It is supported by archaeology, oral history, language, and continuity of culture. Any claim that reframes this reality in order to exercise power is not history. It is erasure. Yes, after 1492, there were real and documented collaborations between Indigenous peoples and Africans. There were sha