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On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a look at a new bill that aims to improve Native education in US public schools.

U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, introduced the Native Histories and Cultures Education Act legislation to improve public education and understanding about Native American peoples and their histories. The legislation aims to correct an ongoing problem of the lack of accurate Native American history being taught in the public education system throughout the United States. Unfortunately, the education most students receive regarding Native histories and cultures is woefully inadequate.

Misi-ziibi means “great river” in the Anishinaabe language. For the Native peoples of upper Minnesota, misi-ziibi referred to the long, 1,300-mile stretch flowing south of the Crow Wing River, past present-day St. Louis and into the Gulf of Mexico. But the name was not the only thing taken from the Anishinaabe, argues Nathan Stanfield, who is set to receive his master's degree in architecture this spring.