In his classes on Indigenous and colonial American history, Professor Nathan Braccio assigns students a research paper that explores the past of a place they know well \u2014 or, at least, thought they did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through a \u201chistory of place\u201d assignment, Braccio<\/a> asks students to \u201cthink about a place in the colonial or post-Columbus period \u2014 anywhere in the U.S. that\u2019s significant to them \u2014 so they can begin to understand that their place has an Indigenous history, and a history of colonial invasion,\u201d he says, \u201cbut also was a place of Indigenous power and, sometimes, Indigenous resistance and persistence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Knowing the history of a place results in a deeper understanding and connection with it, says Braccio, who joined Clark in fall 2024 as assistant professor of history<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n