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

Senedd Constituency and Region

· Carmarthen East and Dinefwr

· Mid and West Wales