P-05-1084 Teach Welsh children about Wales’ colonisation of Patagonia

P-05-1084 Teach Welsh children about Wales’ colonisation of Patagonia

This petition was submitted by Jessica Dyer having collected a total of 103 signatures.

Text of Petition:                     

Wales’ colonisation of Patagonia must be introduced into the curriculum. It is taught to be a beautiful unity of two countries worlds apart when in reality it erases civil rights history. It was always taught as a means to keep the Welsh language alive by introducing it to a South American country, when in reality Welsh people were introduced to Patagonia to “civilise” communities which derives from racist ideologies which don’t get taught in school.

Additional Information:

Resources:

Welsh in Patagonia, Lucy Taylor

The Welsh in Patagonia, Jeremy Wood

The Welsh Way of Colonisation in Patagonia: The International Politics of Moral Superiority, Lucy Taylor

Patagonia, an Example of Welsh ‘Colonialism’, Darren Devine

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 16/03/2021.

The petition was closed as part of a review of all petitions currently under consideration at the Petitions Committee's final meeting of the Fifth Senedd, in light of the upcoming election and the consideration given to this issue to date.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 12/02/2021.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
• Mid and West Wales

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