What Can Vassar Do to Build a Relationship with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

By Sari Gubar, Priscilla Kendall, and Bronwyn Pappas-Byers. Listen to our podast here. With input from Gabi James of NAISA, Vassar Professor Molly McGlennon, and special guest Heather Bruegl, Director of Cultural Affairs with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, this

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What Can Vassar Do to Build a Relationship with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community.

By Sari Gubar, Priscilla Kendall, and Bronwyn Pappas-Byers. Listen to our podast here. With input from Gabi James of NAISA, Vassar Professor Molly McGlennon, and special guest Heather Bruegl, Director of Cultural Affairs with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, this

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Lumbee Resistance to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Lumbee Resistance of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline In our podcast, we explore methods of  resistance used by the Lumbee Nation in response to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and get some insight into Indigenous Resistance from Indigenous activist, writer, and

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Lumbee Resistance to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Lumbee Resistance of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline In our podcast, we explore methods of  resistance used by the Lumbee Nation in response to the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline, and get some insight into Indigenous Resistance from Indigenous activist, writer, and

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Decolonizing Forestry & Unlearning Fire Suppression

By Nicoletta Dinelli & Echo Hertzberg Listen to the podcast HERE! In this episode, Nico & Echo explore the concept of decolonial forestry through the indigenous practices of controlled, or prescribed burns. How has colonization affected the management of forests,

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Decolonizing Forestry & Unlearning Fire Suppression

By Nicoletta Dinelli & Echo Hertzberg Listen to the podcast HERE! In this episode, Nico & Echo explore the concept of decolonial forestry through the indigenous practices of controlled, or prescribed burns. How has colonization affected the management of forests,

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Pathways to Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty

By Lisa Smart and Taylor Worthington Podcast Audio Link A discussion on how we may rethink tribal sovereignty both within and outside the context of the Yurok Tribe. Indigenous affairs journalist, Anna V. Smith, explains the unprecedented steps that the

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Pathways to Strengthening Tribal Sovereignty

By Lisa Smart and Taylor Worthington Podcast Audio Link A discussion on how we may rethink tribal sovereignty both within and outside the context of the Yurok Tribe. Indigenous affairs journalist, Anna V. Smith, explains the unprecedented steps that the

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Decentering Western Science

By Haylee Backs, Sonia Santos, and Abby Whittington AUDIO FILE Western science often claims objectiveness, correctness, and “authenticity” however there is a long running history of violence and subversion of Indigenous peoples and Indigenous ways of knowing in the pursuit

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Decentering Western Science

By Haylee Backs, Sonia Santos, and Abby Whittington AUDIO FILE Western science often claims objectiveness, correctness, and “authenticity” however there is a long running history of violence and subversion of Indigenous peoples and Indigenous ways of knowing in the pursuit

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The Importance of Indigenous Storytelling and Oral Traditions

Gabi James, Samirah Aziz, Jake Mier audio link A conversation about how language is tied to culture and the necessity of speaking Indigenous languages including an interview with Heather Bruegl, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Director of Cultural Affairs Key ideas spoken

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The Importance of Indigenous Storytelling and Oral Traditions

Gabi James, Samirah Aziz, Jake Mier audio link A conversation about how language is tied to culture and the necessity of speaking Indigenous languages including an interview with Heather Bruegl, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Director of Cultural Affairs Key ideas spoken

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(Non-Indigenous) Activists Must Educate Themselves to Do No Harm

For Earth Day 2019, I gave a very brief talk at SUNY New Paltz titled “Climate Change, Environmentalism, & Ethnocentrism: Why Activists Must Educate Themselves to Do No Harm.” We started the semester with that talk. The link below will

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(Non-Indigenous) Activists Must Educate Themselves to Do No Harm

For Earth Day 2019, I gave a very brief talk at SUNY New Paltz titled “Climate Change, Environmentalism, & Ethnocentrism: Why Activists Must Educate Themselves to Do No Harm.” We started the semester with that talk. The link below will

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Diné Elders, Food Sovereignty, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gabi James, Echo Hertzberg, and Bronwyn Pappas-Byers Introduction   From scorched earth techniques of burning indigenous gardens to agroforestry systems and the mass slaughter of buffalo in the center of so-called North America, food has been a tool of American

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Diné Elders, Food Sovereignty, and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gabi James, Echo Hertzberg, and Bronwyn Pappas-Byers Introduction   From scorched earth techniques of burning indigenous gardens to agroforestry systems and the mass slaughter of buffalo in the center of so-called North America, food has been a tool of American

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Undamming the Klamath: More than Restoring River Flow

by Haylee Backs & Nicoletta Dinelli     The Klamath River Basin area runs from so-called Southern Oregon southwest through so-called Northern California until the river feeds into the ocean. The river itself flows through the land of the three

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Undamming the Klamath: More than Restoring River Flow

by Haylee Backs & Nicoletta Dinelli     The Klamath River Basin area runs from so-called Southern Oregon southwest through so-called Northern California until the river feeds into the ocean. The river itself flows through the land of the three

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Simultaneous Exploitation of Indigenous Women and Land

By: Willow Parchment, Samirah Aziz, Sari Gubar, and Priscilla Kendall According to Amnesty International (2016:49), the homicide rate for Indigenous women and girls in Canada is at least 6 times higher than the national average. These appalling statistics signal massive structural

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Simultaneous Exploitation of Indigenous Women and Land

By: Willow Parchment, Samirah Aziz, Sari Gubar, and Priscilla Kendall According to Amnesty International (2016:49), the homicide rate for Indigenous women and girls in Canada is at least 6 times higher than the national average. These appalling statistics signal massive structural

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Food sovereignty as a way of overcoming colonialism in Inuit food systems

By Lisa Smart and Taylor Worthington “Hunting is what saved the Inuit from starvation…For this reason, the Inuit never forget the value of food.” These are the words of Inuit activist Lessee Papatsie (Del Bello 2017). Although food has always

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Food sovereignty as a way of overcoming colonialism in Inuit food systems

By Lisa Smart and Taylor Worthington “Hunting is what saved the Inuit from starvation…For this reason, the Inuit never forget the value of food.” These are the words of Inuit activist Lessee Papatsie (Del Bello 2017). Although food has always

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Listening to Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Reimagine Vassar’s Relationship with Land and Other Beings

By Jake Mier, Jake Kaplan, and Sonia Santos   “…Native people were the first ecologists, as the mythologies, understandings, and technical knowledge were always directly tied to specific ecologies, or specific regions, plants, and animals. The knowledge base itself becomes

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Listening to Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Reimagine Vassar’s Relationship with Land and Other Beings

By Jake Mier, Jake Kaplan, and Sonia Santos   “…Native people were the first ecologists, as the mythologies, understandings, and technical knowledge were always directly tied to specific ecologies, or specific regions, plants, and animals. The knowledge base itself becomes

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The Wilderness Myth and Climate Change Lessons from the Blackfeet Nation

By Perri Goodman and Abby Whittington         PC: https://www.earthtrekkers.com/best-things-to-do-in-glacier-national-park/   Dr. Rosalyn La Pier, of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana, has spoken on the idea of wilderness as both a myth and a construct that misconstrues America’s

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The Wilderness Myth and Climate Change Lessons from the Blackfeet Nation

By Perri Goodman and Abby Whittington         PC: https://www.earthtrekkers.com/best-things-to-do-in-glacier-national-park/   Dr. Rosalyn La Pier, of the Blackfeet Tribe in Montana, has spoken on the idea of wilderness as both a myth and a construct that misconstrues America’s

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