S1-E5: The Legacy of Colonialism Part 1: A Statue, a Banner, and a Covenant

What connects the Captain Cook statue, a missing Black Lives Matter banner, and housing covenants in Anchorage?  We explore the answer to that question in this episode.

 

Resources used to make this episode:

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• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/29/most-agree-on-the-story-of-captain-cooks-time-in-cook-inlet-they-differ-on-how-to-tell-it/
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• Charles, M., 2016, ‘The doctrine of discovery, war, and the myth of America’, Leaven 24(3), 147-154.
• http://www.alaskool.org/projects/JimCrow/cov_res.htm
• https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/02/28/illegal-for-decades-many-anchorage-homes-still-have-covenants-that-prohibit-sale-to-blacks-and-alaska-natives/
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• https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2020/06/25/mayor-berkowitz-to-have-native-village-of-eklutna-decide-what-to-do-with-downtown-captain-cook-statue/
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