Five College Native American and Indigenous Studies Program

11/21/2023

This Thanksgiving, consider incorporating new traditions into your celebration.

Try listening or reading lectures from Indigenous peoples on the history of this day and their experiences and feelings.

Support Native-owned businesses and Native-led initiatives. (donate, shop, attend an event)

Recognize that most traditional Thanksgiving food comes from Native American Agriculturists, and consider trying out a recipe from an Indigenous Chef https://bit.

Know whose land you are on and their treaty rights.
Give thanks to ancestral lands that you exist and recreate on.
https//native-land.ca
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Share Positive Representations of Native People. Project 562 showcases contemporary Native America and Canada, changing the perceptions of Native and First Nations people. http://www.project562.com/

11/01/2023

We have a great speaker, Dr. Adrienne Keene, coming on Monday night at 7 pm to talk about Native representation. She will be speaking at Gamble auditorium, Mount Holyoke College. More details at the link below. Thank you for the support from the five colleges Mellon grant.

https://events.mtholyoke.edu/event/native_and_indigenous_heritage_month_keynote_lecture

09/14/2023

07/12/2023

Location: Aquinnah Cliffs, Noepe (Martha's Vineyard)
https://g.co/kgs/yzG3Kp

05/05/2023

JWECC will present a film screening of Finding Dawn to honor the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women!

Everyone's welcome!

03/27/2023

Amherst College event tomorrow

09/02/2022

You're invited to the 2022 Five College NAIS Symposium, the last NAISA Regional Gathering for 2022!

To find out about the schedule, the programming, and registration information, please click on the image below.

NAISA Northeast Gathering Museums, Archives, Preservation, Representation in the Northeast: A regional gathering of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association and Five College NAIS Symposium. Breadcrumb Home Welcome to the NAISA Northeast Regional Gathering and Five College NAIS Symposiu...