Mount Holyoke seeks to honor and remember the lives and experiences of Native American and Indigenous people throughout the year. In November, in accordance with national efforts to recognize the Indigenous People of North America, we host a series of events and educational programs centering the experiences and voices of Native people across a wide array of lived experiences. Our theme is inspired by the poetry of Mount Holyoke alumna, Ruth Muskrat Bronson ’25 whose poem, “Songs of the Spavinaw” includes this line, “as the myriad joys of earth, trip through the light with me”
Co-Sponsors/Collaborators: Archives and Special Collections, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the Office of Community and Belonging, the Zowie Banteah Cultural Center, the Division of Student Life and the Weissman Center for Leadership.
Mon, Nov 14, 2022 7pm to 8:30pm
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This session was previously recorded. Watch the video. We will discuss health and restoration from an Indigenous Naturopathic perspective. As a Penobscot native, Naturopathic physician and...
Virtual Event
freeThu, Nov 17, 2022 8pm to 9pm
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Open to Mount Holyoke College, this dinner seeks to create space to celebrate Indigenous community while building relationships with other Indigenous students.
Sat, Nov 19, 2022 10:30am to 3:30pm
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Drop-in hours for the Zowie Banteah Cultural Center. Anyone, regardless of student organization affiliation or cultural identity, may visit to hang out, watch TV, study, have tea/coffee and learn...
freeSat, Nov 19, 2022 6pm to 8pm
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This film tells the story of the transformative power of culture and community. Based on the real events of the Bell Waterline Project that initiated a resurgence of the traditional concept of...
Tue, Nov 22, 2022 12pm to 6pm
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Drop-in hours for the Zowie Banteah Cultural Center. Anyone, regardless of student organization affiliation or cultural identity, may visit to hang out, watch TV, study, have tea/coffee and learn...
freeMon, Nov 28, 2022 6:30pm to 8pm
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This documentary follows two Mohawk girls on their journey to become Mohawk women. Together, they undertake a four-year rite of passage for adolescents, called Oheró:kon, or “under the husk.” The...
Wed, Nov 30, 2022 12pm to 1:30pm
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This workshop will be facilitated by Labrador Inuk Ella Nathanael Alkiewicz (she/her) and will include reading and writing poetry to heal from trauma in a safe space. Ella is a self-taught...
Sun, Dec 4, 2022 5pm to 6:30pm
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Open to the Five Colleges, this dinner seeks to create space to celebrate Indigenous community while building relationships between community members. RSVP to Katie Dick is greatly encouraged but...