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Native Americans: Celebrating Traditions

Native American Social Dance and Stomp Dance
The Nolumbeka Project presents a Native American Social Dance and Stomp Dance, Saturday, February 1, 2020. Filmed at Greenfield Community College, Cohn Dining Room, 1 College Drive, Greenfield, MA.
Power of Indigenous Intergenerational Intelligence--Victor A Lopez-Carmen
Indigenous Peoples around the world have maintained highly developed value systems that promote intergenerational social and environmental sustainability. What are these values? How are they practiced? Victor answers these questions from his experiences being a Native American youth and working with Indigenous Peoples all over the world. Victor is a Fulbright Scholar who brings with him a strong commitment to sharing the experiences of First Nations Peoples. From placements in Jordan to working at the United Nations, he questions what it means to be a custodian of future generations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
Wampanoag Day at Aptucxet
14th Annual Wampanoag Day held September 19, 2015 at the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum.

Videos

Deb Haaland confirmation hearing (Washington Post)
February 23, 2021
North American Indian Studies via AVON
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Author Ned Blackhawk on "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples & the Unmaking of US History"
June 28, 2023

American Indian Movement

Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier
This is the definitive feature documentary about American Indian activist, Leonard Peltier. His story is told within the context of the American Indian Movement, the US federal government, and the multi national companies interested in mining the land in South Dakota.
Produced and directed by Suzie Baer. 1992

Audio

The World of the Wampanoag (Two episodes)
Ben Franklin's World is a US history podcast
Imagined Nations: Depictioons of American Inidans via Backstory Radio
Is redskin a racial slur? The U.S. Patent Office says so. So do many Native Americans who have protested the use of the term by that team. Activists say the team’s name and its logo — the image of a generic Indian man in profile, with braids and long feathers — celebrate negative stereotypes about America’s indigenous people.
On this show, we’re taking a long look at how Native peoples have been represented — and misrepresented — in U.S. history. We’ll also ask how American Indians themselves have challenged and reinvented those depictions. We have stories about art in the early days of European conquest, dioramas in America’s museums of “natural history,” and a 19th century football team that was actually made up entirely of American Indian players.

Buffy Saint-Marie

Indigenous Canadian-American, Oscar winning singer-songwriter, visual artist, and social activist.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

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