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 The following list compiled by Virginia Schonwald

Some useful resources on Indigenous Peoples:

 New England Yearly Meeting of Quakers Documents:

  https://neym.org/right-relationship-indigenous-peoples-resources-engagement

 To Watch:

Dover 400 - Indigenous People of Piscataqua Watershed - 

https://dovernh.viebit.com/player.php?hash=9JcVOHukN1MW

 Dover 400 – Abenaki Life and History from an Indigenous Perspective – 

https://dovernh.viebit.com/player.php?hash=4k0jdzXnB4Fh

 Dawnland documentary film - https://dawnland.org/screenings/

  Award winning film about Maine’s Native American Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Free screenings coming up on March 15th and 24th. Register to receive the link.

 

Indigenous Stories: Decolonial Organizing and Collaboration in NH   – Portsmouth Public Library

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jViVRV7x9LQ.

 Mark Charles: “We the People: The Three Most Misunderstood Words in the U.S. History” -  An 18-minute TEDtalk about the Doctrine of Discovery by a Navajo speaker   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOktqY5wY4A

[We will watch selected parts together on 3/21] Bruce Duthu – Talk and Q&A by Bruce Duthu, who is the Samson Occom Professor (and former chair) of Native American studies at Dartmouth – member of the United Houma Nation of Louisiana – co-producer of Dawnland.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1opEEotAbkwYVr3Vkgw_IgBwO5SGdl3Wc?usp=sharing

 

 To Read:

1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus by Charles C. Mann (recommended by Candace)

1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created by Charles C. Mann (recommended by Candace)

Paula Palmer: “Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing Our History and Ourselves”, a Friends Journal article.   https://www.friendsjournal.org/quaker-indian-boarding-schools/

“NH Native Peoples: Hiding in Plain Sight”  (2006 article)- https://www.cowhampshireblog.com/2006/08/10/new-hampshires-native-americans-hiding-in-plain-sight/#:~:text=%5BA%20more%20detailed%20history%20can,ring%20to%20most%20New%20Hampshirites

Websites to Explore:First Nations Development Institute - https://www.firstnations.org/ Indigenous NH Collaborative Collectivehttps://indigenousnh.com/

 ~ resource list compiled by Virginia Schonwald 

~compiled by Margaret Fogarty
~Resource compiled by Nathan Schroyer 
 

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We are warmed by fires we did not build
 
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