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This post is part of our #WHA2020 blog series. Learn more at our WHA virtual exhibit.When scholars Bill Deverell and Anne Hyde first started working on Shaped by the West, they said it was mostly because they wanted to have a reason to work together and "have lunch on someone else's ticket."

Across the United States, several places have made the switch in a growing movement to end the celebration of the Christopher Columbus in favor of honoring Indigenous communities and their resiliency in the face of violence by European explorers.