dr. kelton: i think i am cynical by nature. [laughter] dr. lton: it has been years since i looked at howard then -- howard zinn. theseoften find that narrative get into their work thisou can't have scholarship critique that idea, others were very sympathetic to what happened to these peoples, but they weren't really capable of peeling it back. this is a team effort. this takes a lot of research to do this. thank you. >> [indiscernible] i don't need a microphone. fores, but we will need it when you are on tv. >> real quick, i read somewhere where the whites in the united states wiped out something like 97% of the native population. happened,that this yet if you go to southern mexico, especially, practically everybody you see is an indian. em to jive leave -- se somewhere. dr. kelton: that is a very interesting question that you really have to look at the more violent aspects of the united states history and early british colonial history and the different types of colonial regimes. british and later american freeingism was based on up land for

dr. kelton will be happy to sign your copy. dr. kelton: thank you. chatter] week, american artifacts takes you to museums to show what artifacts reveal about american history. located in stanton, virginia, the frontier culture museum tells the story of migrants from europe, we visit original houses germany,and, ireland, and we hear about the daily life in of the new world. we hear about what belongings they might have brought with them and we'll also see a 1740's farm. we will discover differences between european farms and american farms. this is from the frontier culture museum. we are a living history museum with a mission focus on education. our objective here is teach people how a unique folk culture was created through blending european, african, and indigenous cultures. today we will start on the old world side and we will see the english farm, the irish farm, and the german farm. the 1740's will see american farm settlement. >> my name is sally landis. right now we are on the english farm and this comes from england 16the west midlands, this