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The ReDress Project is a national movement, started by Jamie Black, Metis that has been embraced by the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, Connecticut, and by the town of Washington in honor of Native American women and children that have gone missing or have been murdered in the United States and Canada. This awareness project is symbolically illustrated by the red dresses that will be fluttering in the wind for an ephemeral moment in Washington and Washington Depot on Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2.
The ReDress Project will also be displayed as a temporary exhibition on the newly developed outdoor installation, Red Trail at the Institute for American Indian Studies on 38 Curtis Road, Washington, from May 1 through May 9. Over 1oo supporters have donated red dresses of various sizes and shapes. These dresses will be displayed along our museum trails and at various locations in Washington Depot to create a visual
Edward P. Dozier was a pioneering anthropologist and linguist in the 1950’s and 60’s, one of very few Native Americans at that time who were professional,
Tribal Clinic Develops Toolkit to Help Indigenous Peoples Assert Their Rights April 28, 2021
Professor Angela R. Riley directs UCLA Law’s Native Nations Law and Policy Center and UCLA’s dual-degree program in Law and American Indian Studies.
For the first time, leaders across Indian country have a toolkit available to them to address Indigenous and human rights through tribal lawmaking that supports and implements the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The “Tribal Implementation Toolkit” was developed by students and faculty in UCLA School of Law’s Tribal Legal Development Clinic, in collaboration with students and attorneys at the University of Colorado Law School and the Native American Rights Fund, or NARF. It is available for free to the public and stands as an invaluable resource for tribal leaders and communities to implement the key aims of the 2007 U.N. declaration. The Declaration is a far-reaching, aspirational document recogn
Skilled, Indigenous: Floating down the Grand Canyon
Although perhaps not given as much credit as is due, Native Americans were skilled boaters with a rich history of building elaborate and sturdy watercraft, especially at the lower end of the Colorado River basin
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Jonathan Romeo
The Durango Herald
DURANGO, Colo. Throughout the history of the West, it’s commonly accepted that the grizzled, one-armed Civil War major and geologist John Wesley Powell was the first to journey by river into the treacherous and unknown depths of the Grand Canyon.
But is it possible, or even likely, Native Americans had long preceded Powell in floating down the big ditch?
Donald Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for the Meskwaki and for Native people more broadly.
The Meskwaki Nation has announced the death of tribal leader and Native American rights activist Donald Wanatee who passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday at the age of 88. Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for not only the Meskwaki Nation but for Native people more broadly.
According to a statement released by the Meskwaki Nation, during the course of his activism, “Wanatee was often one of the few Native Americans in the room, whether it was a classroom, meeting room or a Rotunda, and he did not take the responsibility lightly.