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Honoring Diné culture with words Danielle Shandiin Emerson ’22.5 amplifies the literary traditions of Indigenous peoples with stories centered on family, community, and healing.

Brown Alumni & Friends You’re a Brunonian for life. Expand your lifelong connection to Brown University.

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After a year of intensive planning, ATALM has launched the Native Emerging Professionals Network (NEPN) Membership Portal. The portal is designed to empower, connect, and support the next generation of Native professionals in the fields of arts and culture, archives, historic preservation, languages, libraries, and museums.

Membership is free and open to all. Learn more and join here: https://www.atalm.org/networks/emerging-native-professionals/

People with a white savior complex act from a position of superiority in an attempt to help IBPOC communities (IBPOC because we are on Indigenous land). In actuality, White saviorism generally ends up doing more harm than good. White saviorism fails to address systemic issues that IBPOC people face.

So in situations where a vet, rescue, or volunteer enters a First Nation community in aims of helping animals, here are a few things to consider to avoid a saviour complex:

1. Identify your own biases and actively work to address them.
2. Remember that animal challenges happens in all communities but FN have less resources because of colonization.
3. Ask communities what they need and offer only that support.
4. Don’t act superior to the people you’re helping.
5. Don’t be performative for your social media when it’s at the expense of an individual or family who are struggling.
6. Don’t whitesplain to us on our page plz. ☮️

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🌟 Mark Your Calendars! 🌟

📢 Native Language Summit 2024
📅 October 7th and 8th, 2024
📍 Location: Palm Springs, CA

Join us for the 11th Annual Native Languages Summit (NLS), a collaborative effort by U.S. federal agencies and nonprofit partners, including the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of the Interior.

Registration Details: To Be Announced

Click this link to keep up to date: https://bit.ly/3TUCVzE

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to engage with experts and advocates in the preservation of Native languages. Keep an eye out for updates as more information is shared about this year's Summit!

Join the 'Share Your Story' training by the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA), Grist.org and Canadian Commission for UNESCO / Commission canadienne pour l'UNESCO at the 23rd session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on April 20th from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the American Indian Community House 🎉

This FREE training is open to all attendees! 📝 Learn how to communicate effectively with journalists and share your powerful stories with the media. Don't miss out! - https://tinyurl.com/4s2kp58b

needs your help! We’re working on a project that aims to celebrate and highlight the richness of American Indian and Alaska Native identities, and we want you to participate!

We invite you all to participate in creating a captivating comic strip that conveys the sentiment: “I am proud to be Native American because…” or “To me, being Native American means…”

Your creativity and unique perspective will contribute to our mission, and if your comic strip is selected, it will be featured in our upcoming project!

To learn more and submit your comic strip, head to https://conta.cc/43wbtgc!

Seasoned heads to the forest for local maple syrup Science teacher Xander Lowry is our guide as we tap trees, gather sap, split wood and make syrup with local students. Plus, Jeremy Whipple, of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, talks about the prized syrup made at the Mashantucket Sugar Shack.

On Saturday, April 27th our friends over at Brown University are hosting their 21st Annual Spring Thaw Powwow! They have a great lineup of emcees, singers and dancers that will be participating! This event is free admission and open to all!

See below for more info! ⬇️

"Everyone I know across Indian Country wants a transparent tribal gov. They want to know how..leaders are spending money..what is being done to create a thriving community…" Jodi Rave Spotted Bear via Editor & Publisher Magazine | The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information - https://tinyurl.com/39hw4r2v

📢NIEA 2024 Call for Presentation Proposals📢

NIEA is accepting submissions for Workshops, Research Presentations, and Poster sessions that support and exemplify this year's theme, Education Sovereignty: A Declaration of Change.

The 55th Annual Convention & Tradeshow is hosted at the Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, CA, October 9-12, 2024.

Click the link to learn more and submit your presentation proposal: https://bit.ly/3SOahBc

The first meeting of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was held in May 2002. Discussions to establish UNPFII had already begun in the late 1980s.

When the General Assembly adopted the Programme of Activities for the first International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2004), it recognized that the establishment of the Forum was one of the primary objectives of the Decade.

The first UNPFII was attended by Members of the Permanent Forum, representatives of Governments, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental organizations, as well as non-governmental organizations, Indigenous organizations and academic institutions.

More on UNPFII history and past sessions at: https://tinyurl.com/3kps3dc9.

🌸 TOMORROW! 🌸
LINK IN BIO ➡️ EVENTS

Art surrounds us, every day, in every way. It is entangled in the mundane and the exceptional. The act of creation, in all its many forms, is art. Explore how the reclamation and preservation of tradition can help us see the art around us and appreciate the art within us.

Join the Haffenreffer Museum for our annual program of Gather. Make. Sustain: a series of workshops, artist talks, and demonstrations featuring Indigenous artists who work in a variety of mediums. Learn how these artists create environmentally and culturally sustainable artwork, as well as maintain traditional knowledge systems through the act of gathering materials and stories.

Silvermoon LaRose is a member of the Narragansett Tribe and the assistant director of the Tomaquag Museum. She has worked in tribal communities for over 20 years, serving in the areas of health and human services, education and humanities. As a public servant, Silvermoon serves on the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts and as the secretary for the Charlestown Conservation Commission. Additionally, she is the vice chair for the Avenue Concept supporting local public art ecosystems. As an artist and educator, she hopes to foster Indigenous empowerment through education, community building and the sharing of cultural knowledge and traditional arts. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, a minor in Justice Law and Society from the University of Rhode Island and a partially completed Master’s in Rehabilitation Counseling from Western Washington University.

Light refreshments to follow. Free and open to the public.

Supported by generous donors to the Barbara Greenwald Memorial Arts Program fund.

🏆 Indigenous Journalists Association calls for 2024 Indigenous Media Award entries through 3/8.

The Tim Giago Free Press Award recognizes an individual IJA member that has shown dedication to upholding & transparency within their Indigenous community - http://tinyurl.com/55jzv32m

🎉 We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new language course, Mi'kmaw, now available at www.7000.org! This course was created by Kristin Hall, one of our talented 2023 Summer Fellows.⁠
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Mi’kmaw is an Eastern Algonquian language, rich in history and culture, spoken by the Mi’kmaq, a First Nations people of the North American Northeastern Woodlands. The Mi’kmaq, also known as L’nu’k, inhabit the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Mi’kma’ki, which span across the Canadian Eastern Maritime provinces and parts of the Northeastern United States. ⁠
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Our Fellowship Program is designed to empower individuals at the beginning of their language revitalization journey. It provides an invaluable opportunity to dive deep into the field of language revitalization, connect with a supportive cohort of peers, and, most importantly, develop their own online language learning courses. In addition to gaining knowledge and experience, our fellows receive financial support to aid their projects.⁠
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Kristin's dedication and hard work have brought the Mi'kmaw language course to life, contributing to the preservation and revitalization of this important language. We are incredibly proud of her achievement and excited to offer this resource to our community.⁠
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We invite everyone to explore the Mi'kmaw course and embrace the beauty of learning a new language. Your journey with Mi'kmaw can start today at www.7000.org ⁠
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🌟 Support Future Language Heroes 🌟⁠
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Our Fellowship Program is a cornerstone of our mission at 7000 Languages. By supporting more fellows like Kristin, you're investing in the future of language revitalization. Every donation helps us provide more resources, training, and financial support to those passionate about saving and revitalizing endangered languages.⁠
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Consider making a difference today by donating at 7000.org/donate. Together, we can ensure the survival and flourishing of the world's precious languages.⁠
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The House of Representatives has released its companion bill to S. 1723, H.R. 7227. This bill is otherwise known as the Truth & Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024.

“The time is now to pass S.1723 / H.R. 7227,” said Deborah Parker, Chief Executive Officer of NABS and a citizen of the Tulalip Tribes. “We applaud Representative Davids and Representative Cole for their leadership in bringing forward this historic legislation to address the devastating legacy of the United States Indian boarding schools. This Federal Commission will investigate the long-term effects of what happened to Native children at the hands of the United States government. Ultimately, we will work with Congress to promote truth, justice, and healing.”