Work Group for Racial Equity October Discussion Group:
New Worlds Rising: Focusing on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Host: Virginia Seewaldt, PhD
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, the Work Group for Racial Equity is celebrating the Indigenous People of the Americas. We invite you to prepare for the discussion group by watching the “New Worlds Rising” episode of the PBS documentary Series: Native America. You can watch it here, New Worlds Rising (you may have to create an account, but it is free to view on the website or through the PBS app). This episode documents the preservation of Native American life, history, and culture through acts of resistance, small and large. An interview with Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, Amy Goodman Interview with Leonard Peltier.
Although the aim of white supremacy is to engage in the erasure of Indigenous people using tactics such as referring to them in the past tense in history books and ignoring their contributions, in the very existence in the present, we can refuse to participate in the erasure of Indigenous people by actively staying informed and engaged with Indigenous history and what is occurring in present-day Indigenous communities.
Additional Resources
- This is an article about the attempt to erase indigenous history: Erasing Indigenous History Then and Now
- What Native Land Am I On?
- Beyond Land Acknowledgements
No fee to attend. All are welcome.
