A collection of resources by and about the Indigenous Peoples of New England & America.
A work in progress created by Kate Tranquada & Lisa Rothenberg with the help of the Friday Morning Book Group, 2020-2021
- What we read and discussed 2020 – 2021
- Some of the films we watched 2020-2021
- Indigenous Peoples Day MA.org
- Indigenous People in Massachusetts: A Library Guide from the Robbins Library in Arlington, MA
Land Acknowledgment
- A Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgment – from the Native Governance Center
- Are you planning to do a land acknowledgment? – from American Indians in Children’s Literature blog, March 9,2019
- “If you’re not mindful of what you are doing, then, you are turning a land acknowledgement into a token. It becomes an empty gesture to “honor” Native people. It becomes this century’s mascot.”
- ‘I regret it’: Hayden King on writing Ryerson University’s territorial acknowledgement – CBC Radio podcast, June 2019
- Native Land App – input location to find original people there (ongoing updates)
- “Native Land Disclaimer :This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question.Also, this map is not perfect — it is a work in progress with tons of contributions from the community. Please send us fixes if you find errors.
If you would like to read more about the ideas behind Native Land or where we are going, check out the blog. You can also see the roadmap.”
- “Native Land Disclaimer :This map does not represent or intend to represent official or legal boundaries of any Indigenous nations. To learn about definitive boundaries, contact the nations in question.Also, this map is not perfect — it is a work in progress with tons of contributions from the community. Please send us fixes if you find errors.
- Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgement – from “The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture”, a people-powered department (not a government agency)
- Emerson College, Boston, MA – Land Acknowledgment
Organizations
- Friends of Pine Hawk, Acton Memorial Library
- Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, Danvers, MA
- The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag
- Nipmuc Nation, South Grafton, MA
- North American Indian Center of Boston, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Nolumbeka Project, Greenfield, MA – an active group, public events
- Native Governance Center, St. Paul, MN – Native-led nonprofit working to inspire, celebrate, and support Native nation building.
- First Nations Development Institute, Longmont, CO
- Native Reads – Great Books from Indigenous Communities
- Osage Nation
- National Congress of American Indians
Documents & Reading
- What we read and discussed 2020 – 2021
- “Did you know…” who the first inhabitants of Lincoln were? / David P. Braun, The Lincoln Squirrel, December 9, 2021
- Massacre at Hurtleberry Hill [Mount Misery] : Christian Indians and English Authority in Metacom’s War / Jenny Hale Pulsipher, The William and Mary Quarterly, Jul., 1996, Vol. 53, No. 3
- Our beloved kin : a new history of King Philip’s War / Lisa Brooks, Yale University Press, 2018
- This land is their land : the Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the troubled history of Thanksgiving / David J. Silverman, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019
- Braiding Sweetgrass / Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweek Editions, 2013
- United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
- HistoryofMassachusetts.org – Native American Tribes In MA; Prehistoric & Pre-Colonial Massachusetts
- Indigenous Digital Archive
- National Archives
- Why We Serve: National Museum of The American Indian
Oral Histories & Interviews
- Thomas H. Begay U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Profile
- Thomas H. Begay U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Battle of Iwo Jima
- Roy Hawthorne Explains role in World War II
- Chester Nez C-Span interview with Judith Avila
- Chester Nez: The last of the Navajo Code Talkers last interview American Legion
Museums & Tours
- Concord Museum, Concord, MA
- Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH
- Tomaquag Museum, Exeter, RI
- Native American Trail in the Greater Merrimack Valley
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University
- National Museum of the American Indian
