Someone recently said the winner writes the history. Unfortunately, this has been true. While History should seek to recount the true, factual accounting of what came before, it is always viewed through the lens of those who are recording it. We know, even today, with incidents on video recorded at the moment an event occurred that there are those who will shape any incident to benefit their cause and belief. Helen’s recounting demonstrates how powerful and dominating the chosen narrative can be particularly when one of the parties involved has full control of the narrative. Her insistence that the land was uninhabited, that the Native Americans were murderous and depraved, paints the settlers as the non offending victims, and the Native Americans as wild instigators. Native Americans were treated horribly by the U.S. government and still today our indigenous people are marginalized and deserve better. We know women’s history has been distorted and marginalized as has that of Black people and other people of color. There is a sad pattern here and it is my opinion that it is up to all of us to demand truth and facts and to do our best to speak up to counter lies and misinformation whenever we hear or see it. As a retired American History teacher my heart goes out to my fellow educators who are trying to teach accurate information in today’s politicized environment.