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The Common Man’s History Blog exists to lift up Indigenous perspectives often marginalized by traditional historians. We critique established narratives with care, offering personal insights grounded in lived experience.

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Indigenous Histories

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We challenge easy, broad sweeps about Indigenous experiences. Here, messy, contested histories are welcomed, with attention to voices historians often ignore, and to local, place-based knowledge.

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This blog folds unconventional research into accessible reflections, questioning glorified timelines and highlighting overlooked events, people, and relationships that shaped regions and nations.

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