We all live on lands taken from indigenous people. Consider how you can become an ally in supporting actions that acknowledge the land on which we are guests, and support efforts at indigenous land protection and reclamation, history truth-telling, and healing.
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In this video, Greg Sarris, Chief of the Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria, gives a powerful keynote address that offers a history lesson about the coastal tribes of this…
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In this video, Corinna Gould, spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, describes how Ohlone land was stolen numerous times and her people nearly erased (32 min). Corrina says, “If…
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Melissa Nelson is an Anishinaabe ecologist, writer, indigenous scholar-activist and president/CEO of the Cultural Conservancy. She was recently in conversation at our events with author Barry Lopez and filmmaker Toby…
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In this video, Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe tells the story of the salmon—describing their importance and their miraculous nature and journey (9:13 min). In March, Caleen’s…
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability, edited by Melissa K. Nelson and Daniel Shilling
How a Mountain Was Made: Stories, Greg Sarris
The Way We Lived: California Indian Stories, Songs, and Reminiscences, edited and with commentary by Malcolm Margolin; foreword by Michael Connolly Miskwish
There There, Tommy Orange
Savage Dreams; A Journey into the Hidden Wars of the American West, Rebecca Solnit
Survival Skills of Native California, Paul Campbell
An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873, Benjamin Madley
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