November 21, 2023 | Resource, General, Race & Equity, Race and Equity,

Native American Heritage Month Resources

The month of November is Native American Heritage Month. Here we have compiled several national and local resources, including a video from our Interim Executive Director and Director of Artistic Programming Ronee Penoi, who is Laguna Pueblo and Cherokee.

National Resources:

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Native Arts and Culture Foundation
• An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States
• National Congress of American Indians
• Interactive native land map
• ArtsEmerson’s supplemental guide
• Beyond Land Acknowledgement: A guide

Local resources:

• A ceremonial fire on City Hall Plaza commemorating Native American Heritage Month with an explanation of the sacred role of fire in Indigenous communities 
• A note from ArtsEmerson leadership Ronee Penoi and David Howse on We Are the Land
• City of Boston
• Boston Public Library resources and events
• Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness

 

 

Land Acknowledgement

At ArtsEmerson, we hold ourselves accountable to the work of undoing oppression and advancing equity to overcome our city’s bitter history of segregation and racial inequality. As part of this work, we must start by acknowledging that we are residing on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett people, whose name was appropriated by this Commonwealth.

We pay respect to the Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Massachusett elders past, present and future, the traditional custodians of the lands on which we make and present our art. We acknowledge the truth of violence perpetrated in the name of this country and make a commitment to uncovering that truth through dialogue, partnerships and learning.