With the Columbus Day weekend prompting reflection on the origins of our country, #NativeAmerican educator, historian and Tomaquag Museum director Lorén M. Spears urges individuals to learn the complete story of this place we call home.

It is, she asserts, a story that includes truths untold, truths distorted, and the marginalization and oppression of many people, including her own, that dates to the arrival of Europeans on the continent centuries ago.

@gwaynemiller #podcast for @projo - story at providencejournal.com