America’s Indigenous Legacy

The Potomac River flows through Washington D C, but according to Al Jazeera, the river's name points to something much older: America's Indigenous legacy. The very geography of the nation — its rivers, mountains, and place names — preserves the languages and histories of the peoples who lived here first. A single river name is a reminder that the land itself carries Indigenous memory.

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