Charlene Teters, in her article "Charlene Teters (Spokane) Asks 'Whose History Do We Celebrate? ' 1998" emphasizes the importance of history when she states, "History is very powerful. The way it is presented has the capacity to inspire or deflate, to move nations, to love, to joy, to anger or to hate" (p. 492). Without a proper understanding of what happened to Native Americans, it is easy to downplay the importance of having the right historical perspective on who they were. With the wrong impression, they could become the object of animosity, which would create new problems