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Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples

In this 2-hour participatory program, we experience the history of the colonization of Turtle Island, the land that is now known as the United States. The story is told through the words of Indigenous leaders, European/American leaders, and Western historians. We engage with this history through experiential exercises and small group discussions. And we are invited to consider how we can build relationships with Indigenous peoples based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity. Facilitated by TRR’s Native and non-Native teams. Appropriate for high school students and adults.

The same workshop is offered on each date:

Sunday, September 27, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT). REGISTER HERE.

Saturday, October 24, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT). REGISTER HERE.

Sunday, December 6, 4-6 pm ET (3-5pm CT; 2-4pm MT; 1-3pm PT). REGISTER HERE.

Visit our new Resources and Actions webpage here to explore:

1. How can I explore historical and ongoing colonization and Native Resistance?
2. How can I examine my own family history in relation to Native Peoples?
3. How can I support and build relationships with Native peoples?
4. How can I learn from Indigenous wisdom and teachings?

This Month’s Featured Resource: 

Our colleague Nia To Go There (Cree) created a new website with suggestions on how to decolonize ourselves ecologically, socially, and spiritually: niatgt.org.

It is a multimedia library of resources entitled tâpwé, meaning that the content is really important, and it requires a return to our genetic imperative of being Earth People once again. The suggested videos, books, essays, webinars, and podcasts are brimming with the wisdom of Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices that remind us that we can create a more beautiful world our hearts know is possible with the understanding that we are one with a fully intelligent Earth — the home of all our relatives, tâpwé.

Image is the cover of Nia To Go There’s book of poetry.

“Orange Shirt Day Across Delta” by Delta Schools, CC BY 2.0

Wear orange on September 30 and join observances led by Native people in your community to honor survivors and descendants of the assimilationist boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada. Learn the history of this day for truth and reconciliation at the National Day Calendar site. Visit the website of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition to learn more. Other excellent resources on the ongoing impacts of the Indian boarding schools are the documentary film “Sugarcane” and Denise K. Lajimodiere’s book, “Stringing Rosaries.” Or watch a recording of our slide presentation, “The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves.”

Screenshot from ICT’s video: Tribes Turn to Ancestral Knowledge for Health.

Tribes Turn to Ancestral Knowledge for Health

Watch this ICT Newscast video, Tribes Turn to Ancestral Knowledge for Health to learn how Native gardeners, chefs, and organizations are building healthy Native communities through traditional foods and medicines.

Indigenous Nutrition

In this article, Sean Sherman, the “Sioux Chef,” proposes a RING diet (Regional Indigenous Nutritional Guide) as a healthy Indigenous alternative to the standard Food Pyramid. He is building a “global nutritional sovereignty guide centered on modern ancestral knowledge and region.”

Investment in Native Forward Scholars Fund

A $50 million donation from MacKenzie Scott to the Native Forward Scholars Fund will provide much-needed scholarships to Native students. In Native News Online, Levi Rickert celebrates this investment in the future.

Healing From a Massacre

The Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is restoring the site of the horrific 1863 Bear River Massacre, where more than 250 of their ancestors were murdered. Learn the history in this Smithsonian article, and how the tribe is turning the site into a place of cultural revival and healing.

New Salish Language School

The four Southern interior Salish languages are among the most endangered on Turtle Island, but Native News Online reports the inauguration of a new Salish language school in Spokane, “When I Learned the Language I Felt Whole: The Spokane Tribe’s New Language School.”

Sacred Sites Map

The Sacred Land Film Project has posted a new global map of Indigenous peoples’ sacred sites. Click on the links to learn how Native peoples honor and protect each site.

Screenshot from sacredland.org/map showing Threatened, Protected, and Endangered sacred sites. Retrieved on Aug 31, 2026.

Mary Peltola

In this ICT News story, Kevin Abourezk writes about the U.S. Senate candidate from Alaska, Mary Peltola (Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council).

Peggy Flanagan

Listen to the primary victory speech by Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa), the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.

Native Votes Can Swing Elections

In Native News Online, Aaron Payment analyzes the potential outsize influence of the Native vote in Minnesota, where Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa) is running.

In Native News Online, Bryan Newland urges candidates to spend more time campaigning in Native communities because Native votes can swing elections toward progressive outcomes. Michigan is a case in point.

The Tohono O’odham Nation spans the U.S/Mexico border. In fact it predates the U.S./Mexico border. In fact it predates the U.S. and Mexico, period.

In this series of articles by Native News Online, learn how the tribe is demanding respect for its sovereignty, its people, and the land, against federal aggression:

• Federal Judge Rejects Tohono O’odham Nation’s Bid to Halt Border Wall Construction: Nation vows to consider all options as it fights to protect sacred sites, cultural resources and tribal lands.
• Gallego Slams DHS for ‘Sham’ Tribal Consultation Over Border Wall:  Responding to masked federal agents showing up on the Tohono O’odham Nation to oversee construction of the southern border wall, U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is calling into question the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s failure to properly consult with the tribe.
• When the Bulldozers Move Before Tribal Consent: The Tohono O’odham Nation’s fight over border wall construction raises a larger question about federal power, tribal sovereignty and consent.

This photo is called “No Spiritual Surrender,” of water protector Floris White Bull (Hunkpapa Lakota, Cochiti Pueblo), by Shane Balkowitsch, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Oil Pipeline Threatens Water and Tribal Sovereignty

Tribes in the Great Lakes area that are fighting construction of Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline, suffered another setback, as reported in this Native News Online article: Tribes Slam US Army Corpos for Approving Line 5 Tunnel.  In this Native Bidaské video, Whitney Gravelle, president of the Executive Council of Bay Mills Indian Community, explains how the tribes are defending their sovereignty.

Federal Budget Cuts Close Language School

Federal budget cuts to tribes are having devastating consequences, as tribal leaders are forced to shut down essential programs. For the Osage Nation, it has meant closing its Osage Language Program. See the Native News Online report, “Osage Nation Closes Language Immersion School Amid Budge Crisis, Prompting Community Outcry.”