by lindaoppenheim | Jun 24, 2018 | Article
The return of cicadas every seventeen year to the Onondaga Nation is a reminder of the tribe’s survival and perserverance. To read the article, click here.
by lindaoppenheim | Jun 3, 2018 | Podcast
The story of 18-year-old Sam Oozevaseuk Schimmel illustrates the effect of intergenerational trauma, specifically, how his grandmother’s experience as a Native Alaskan sent to a government boarding school, where she faced cultural annihilation and physical...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 19, 2018 | Article, Website
“You cannot find a corner of this continent that does not hold ancient history, Indigenous value, and pre-colonial place names and stories. And every place we occupy was once the homeland for other people, most of whom didn’t leave willingly. Whose land are you...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 16, 2018 | Events, Exhibit
Kwel’ Hoy is an exhibition that connects communities protecting water, land, and our collective future. The exhibition, created by the Natural History Museum, includes a hand crafted totem pole on a journey from the Lummi Nation of the Pacific Northwest, a stone altar...
by lindaoppenheim | Feb 3, 2018 | Article
Paul Chaat Smith, one of the curators of “Americans,” a new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is unambiguous in his thoughts about Chief Wahoo, the symbol which, it was recently announced, will be removed from the Cleveland Indians...
