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We are a collective of Indigenous organizers of the Great Plains working to resist and Indigenize colonial institutions, ideologies, and behaviors. Our homelands are located in the vast grassland of Turtle Island, situated between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River and stretching from the Northern Tundra to the Gulf of Mexico.

https://www.greatplainsaction.org/

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Indigenous led

We are a small society of Indigenous Folks living in the Great Plai ns region,

resisting colonization and re-Indigenizing the land and the world around us.

Sikowis Nobiss presenting her intervention on man-camps and violence at the

United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in 2019.

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Indigenous Led | Great Plains Action Society I United States

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Great Plains Action Society addresses the trauma Indigenous Peoples and our Earth have faced and works to prevent further colonial-capitalist violence through education, direct action, cultural revival, mutual aid, and political change.

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Indigenous Women Rising is committed to honoring Native & Indigenous People’s inherent right to equitable and culturally safe health options through accessible health education, resources and advocacy.

Fundathon for abortion access through May 31

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Seeding Sovereignty is a multi-lens collective that works to radicalize and disrupt colonized spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation. By investing in Indigenous folks and communities of the global majority, we cross the threshold of liberation together.

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Copyright Seeding Sovereignty 2022 Seeding Sovereignty is a grassroots organization, fiscally sponsored by Earth Island Institute

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Visit local tribal lands/centers and (learn/explore/share) about their histories

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Visit local tribal lands/centers and (learn/explore/share) about their histories

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This guide is intended to offer support and a starting point for Indigenous scholars, students, staff, community members, and anyone looking to learn about the history and contemporary presence of Indigenous Peoples in Maryland. Explore or consider making a similar resource for your community!

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This guide is intended to offer support and a starting point for Indigenous scholars, students, staff, community members, and anyone looking to learn about the history and contemporary presence of Indigenous Peoples in Maryland.

The field of Indigenous studies is an important and relevant subject that has historically not been given due respect or attention. For centuries, the lived experience, history, knowledge, and contributions of Native individuals and communities have been not only ignored but systematically oppressed. Albert S. Cook Library has failed to acknowledge and safeguard the knowledge passed down among Indigenous members of our community, and has done active harm through omission and misrepresentation. There is a pressing need for more recognition of Indigenous perspectives, and for Native voices and knowledge to be uplifted, protected, and celebrated.

The resources collected in this guide are meant to offer a starting point for further inquiry and research. This guide is not comprehensive and cannot highlight all the amazing work being done in the field of Indigenous studies, but we have attempted to curate a set of resources that will assist those engaged in research or just starting out on their journey to learn about Indigenous history and perspectives.

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Research Guides: Indigenous Research: Home

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Research Guides: Indigenous Research: Home

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Check out this recording from a February 2022 webinar, Beyond Land Acknowledgements, presented by the Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center. In this special session, several Alaska Native educators engage participants in thoughtfully considering the role of higher education in the assimilation of Native students and extraction of Native knowledge to its own benefit, and uplift questions and ideas that help align efforts beyond land acknowledgements to the transformation of the relationship between universities and Native communities.

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Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center

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For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to “save them from being Indian.” In Maine, the first official Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.

Dawnland aired on Independent Lens on PBS in November 2018 and 2021, reaching more than two million viewers. The film won a national Emmy® Award for Outstanding Research in 2019 and made the American Library Association’s list of 2020 Notable Videos for Adults.

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For decades, child welfare authorities have been removing Native American children from their homes to "save them from being Indian." In Maine, the first official Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations.

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Mission

We support the self-determination of Wabanaki people through education, truth-telling, restorative justice, and restorative practices in Wabanaki and Maine communities.

We design our structures and processes to be responsive to Wabanaki communities and beneficial to Wabanaki people.

Vision

We envision a future when Maine and Wabanaki people join together to acknowledge truth and work collectively toward equity, healing, and positive change.

We aspire to restore right relations, responsibility, compassion, love, reciprocity, abundance, and joy.

Values

We believe in the natural strength and beauty of Wabanaki culture, language and ways of being.

We believe in the power of Wabanaki people learning the truth about history and reclaiming traditional healing practices.

We honor and promote Wabanaki values of taking care of one another, of being grateful, joyful, loving and forgiving.

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UMaine redid its signage a few years ago to be bilingual in Penobscot and English - obviously not an action that can be taken without a lot of money and institutional buy-in, but I think a cool way to (re)incorporate Native language and culture into the fabric of a place.

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Bilingual signage — English and Penobscot — now at UMaine - UMaine News - University of Maine

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New University of Maine building and road signage on campus is now bilingual — English and Penobscot. Signs for Memorial Gym and New Balance Student Recreation Center note the names in Penobscot — αttali-milahəyαwələtimək — translated as “place where you play a variety of games.” At Fogler Library, awihkhikaní-wikəwαm means…

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The Tongue Unbroken (Tlél Wudakʼóodzi Ḵaa Lʼóotʼ) is a podcast about Native American language revitalization and decolonization, as seen through the eyes and mind of a multilingual Indigenous person who is Lingít, Haida, Yupʼik and Sami. This podcast explores complex concepts of identity, resilience, erasure, and genocide and features guests involved in language revitalization and decolonial efforts in Alaska, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand.

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The Tongue Unbroken (Tlél Wudakʼóodzi Ḵaa Lʼóotʼ) is a podcast about Native American language revitalization and decolonization, as seen through the eyes and mind of a multilingual Indigenous person who is Lingít, Haida, Yupʼik and Sami. This podcast explores complex concepts of identity, resilience, erasure, and genocide and features guests involved in language revitalization and decolonial efforts in Alaska, the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. This show hopes to connect to all audiences who wish to understand how over five hundred languages Indigenous to North America became endangered, and what actions individuals and groups have taken and can take to create a more equitable and brilliant future than that of American genocide.

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The Tongue Unbroken (Tlél Wudakʼóodzi Ḵaa Lʼóotʼ) is a podcast about Native American language revitalization and decolonization, as seen through the eyes and mind of a multilingual Indigenous person who is Lingít, Haida, Yupʼik and Sami.

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Actively include Indigenous people in discussions about land acknowledgements, and continue to invite them to participate in library spaces beyond needing help with the acknowledgement. Be careful with who gets to define the need and who gets to create the "solution".

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This podcast has two seasons that are very eye-opening about the way native peoples have and continue to be treated in the United States.

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How a string of custody battles over Native children became a federal lawsuit that threatens everything
from tribal sovereignty to civil rights.

About this Podcast

The award-winning documentary podcast This Land is back for season 2.
Host Rebecca Nagle reports on how the far right is using Native children to attack American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda.

ALM - as referred to in court documents - is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn't. The Brackeens' case would have been a normal adoption dispute, but then one of the most powerful corporate law firms in the United States took it on and helped the couple launch a federal lawsuit. Today, the lawsuit doesn't just impact the future of one child, or even the future of one law. It threatens the entire legal structure defending Native American rights. The second season of This Land is a timely exposé about how the far right is using Native children to quietly dismantle American Indian tribes and advance a conservative agenda.

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Click on the episode pages to see photos, links, and documents from our reporting, as well as additional audio and timelines of the case and custody battles.

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This Land is Crooked Media's 8-episode podcast series hosted by Rebecca Nagle about how a cut and dry homicide opened up an investigation into the treaty rights of five Native American tribes. Find out how this unique case could result in the largest restoration of tribal land in US history.

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Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

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Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA)

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Newish! "The Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College is a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing the understanding and appreciation of the Indigenous boarding school experience, promoting the study of North American indigeneity, and fostering a robust national conversation on the past, present, and future of Native American issues. Our Center is uniquely positioned to lead in this endeavor, given Dickinson College's intimate and complicated history with the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS), a major site of memory for Native Americans located near our campus."

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Center for the Futures of Native Peoples

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The Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College is a pioneering initiative dedicated to advancing the understanding and appreciation of the Indigenous boarding school experience, promoting the study of North American Indigeneity, and fostering a robust national conversation on the past, present, and future of Native American issues.

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Local to Monterey Bay/Santa Cruz County

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Support the Amah Mutsun Land Trust

As a small organization, individual donors have the potential to make a big difference in the the range of projects that the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) supports.

Your donation will enable the AMLT to restore the lands and habitat of our four-legged, finned, winged and plant kin; protect our sacred sites; and help us to fulfill our obligation to Creator to watch over Mother Earth and all living things.
The Amah Mutsun Land Trust is a recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit. All donations made to AMLT are tax deductible.
Please give generously, and consider a monthly donation for even greater impact.

Help us realize a future where our people-all people-may once again

Drink safely from our waters - flowing clean and clear.

Harvest salmon from healthy fisheries.

Enjoy coastal prairies and mountain forests full of native plants.

Conduct sacred ceremony to help restore and maintain balance within ourselves and within our universe.

You can mail in your tax-deductible donation to Amah Mutsun Land Trust, 2460 17th Avenue #1019 Santa Cruz, CA 95062, or give directly online today. Donating through PayPal is an option as well!

Our taxpayer identification number is 32-0447436

Don't forget to check if your employer has a matching gift program as a way to double or even triple your impact. You can also give from your donor-advised fund or donate securities. And please remember the Amah Mutsun Land Trust in your will.

Contact Sara French, sreid@amahmutsun.org with any questions about your donation.
Your privacy is important to us. The Amah Mutsun Land Trust may use your personal information to keep you updated about our work and about ways you can support the organization and its mission.

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As a small organization, individual donors have the potential to make a big difference in the the range of projects that the Amah Mutsun Land Trust (AMLT) supports. Your donation will enable the AMLT to restore the lands and habitat of our four-legged, finned, winged and plant kin; protect our sacred sites; and help us to fulfill our obligation to Creator to watch over Mother Earth and all living things.

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The Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness (MCNAA), was founded in 1989 by Burne Stanley-Peters and her late husband John Slow Turtle Peters. At the time, Slow Turtle was the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs (a state agency) and they both saw many of the needs of Native American communities and families in the Commonwealth going unmet. Additionally, they found there was a lack of knowledge about culture and traditions that wasn’t being exhibited or shared broadly, as well as a lack of understanding about Native American issues and concerns among the general public that needed to be addressed. Before you knew it, Burne had researched and completed Form 1023 and submitted it to the IRS. Several months later, the MCNAA received official 501(c)(3) status.

Their mission is to provide opportunities for the expression and preservation of Native American cultural traditions; to assist Native American residents with essential basic needs and educational expenses; to advance public knowledge and understanding that helps dispel inaccurate information about Native Americans; and to work towards racial equality across the region.

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Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness

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Ways to Give — Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness

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The goal of the shelter is to provide a safe environment where women can begin to rebuild their lives.

[Their] programs are based on a balanced, holistic approach.  They are offered in-house or through our outreach program to Indigenous women and children.

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Independent Indigenous coverage of a wide range of issues, including journalism, policy, arts, etc.

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Since March 10, 2016, we've convened a weekly current affairs roundtable hosted by MEDIA INDIGENA's own Rick Harp, a 20-year veteran of broadcasting including APTN (Contact) and CBC Radio (Edmonton AM). Each week, guests from the worlds of activism, arts, academia and beyond join Rick for lively, insightful conversation that goes beyond the headlines to get at what matters most to Indigenous peoples.

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The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for more than 19 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School System (RSS) and subsequent Sixties Scoop (SS) on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote healing and Reconciliation.

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A National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Message from LHF Board President, Adam North Peigan Our latest toolkit How to be an Ally - A Toolkit for Aspiring Indigenous Allies is now available! Download a free copy

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Indigenous Power

NDN Collective is an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power. Through organizing, activism, philanthropy, grantmaking, capacity-building and narrative change, we are creating sustainable solutions on Indigenous terms.

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Defend. Develop. Decolonize. | NDN Collective

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Equipping all Indigenous Peoples with the tools needed to become architects of our future.