We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower, Pt. 1 of 5

In March of 1621, the Wampanoag sat down to negotiate with English colonists.

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Premiered October 17, 2010

We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower, Pt. 1 of 5

In March of 1621, in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, Massasoit, the leading sachem of the Wampanoag, sat down to negotiate with a ragged group of English colonists. Hungry, dirty, and sick, the pale-skinned foreigners were struggling to stay alive; they were in desperate need of Native help.

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We Shall Remain establishes Native history as an essential part of American history.

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