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How was Ms. Laverne's lessons about the lenape change Haley's perspective about Native Americans

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Following a visit to her dad who was in prison for the last eight years, Haley got the idea to record whatever the kids talked about so that they would have their stories and thoughts kept as a memory for anyone to hear. She made the first recording herself and recounted a history lesson from Ms. Laverne. She had taught the kids about the Lenape Indians who had once walked the very land where they now were in New York. Then the Dutch settlers came and chased them from their homes. Ms. Laverne asked the children a question. If they had lived during that time, would they have helped the Lenape or taken the land for themselves? She told them to always remember that even if the worst thing happened, they should always protect someone else and be a harbor to someone who needs it. This question relly affects Haley's sense of identity and belonging as well as social justice,