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The Oneida Nation in New York and the Rochester Museum and Science Center are holding a ceremony Wednesday to repatriate the remains of 19 Oneida ancestors.
The remains from the museum’s collections are believed to have been interred during various periods between 200 and 3,000 years ago.
The remains and funerary objects were removed from at least six burial sites in New York state.
According to the museum, they were acquired through excavation, donation, and purchases in the late 1920s and the late 70s.
Wednesday’s repatriation follows the return of 25 remains in 2000.
Tribal leaders and museum officials are expected to take part in the repatriation ceremony in Rochester.
Courtesy Oregon State University
A five-year, $50 million grant project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of potato farming across the Pacific Northwest.
As KLCC’s Brian Bull reports, regional tribes are partners.
Oregon State University is using the grant to explore practices to improve soil health and crop outcomes.
Jeffrey Steiner of OSU’s Global Hemp Innovation Center is the project leader.
“It may incorporate things like cover crops, less disturbance practices such as no till or reduced tillage practices. It may mean incorporating nutrient management or nutrient monitoring.”
One of the project partners is the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho.
Shelby Leighton, its business operations manager, says they’re looking forward to learning more.
“We will see how we can implement these climate smart practices and make sure our agricultural practices you know, prioritize soil health and increase crop production, kind of do things for the environment.”
Other tribal partners are the Yakama and Colville Tribes.
The USDA says Oregon, Washington, and Idaho grow 62% of the nation’s potatoes, which have an annual value of $2.2 billion.
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced Tuesday funding opportunities for federally recognized tribes for projects to expand the reach and impact of the federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.
The initiative, launched by the Department of the Interior, is investigating U.S. Indian boarding schools and collecting testimony.
The endowment is offering $30,000 grants for research, community engagement, tribal history collection, public programs, and educational projects on the impacts of Indian boarding school policies on tribal communities.
NEH chair Shelly Lowe says the boarding school system left deep and lasting scars, and NEH hopes, through the grants, opportunities will be created for healing.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis through December 1.
Nonprofits, and state and local government organizations that work with tribal communities may also be eligible for funding.
The Ontario Native Women’s Association held a virtual event this week to help raise awareness about human trafficking, as the United Nations recognized World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
This year, the ONWA is launching an affirmation deck for community members and survivors of human trafficking.
Amy Short is the association’s mental health and addictions anti-human trafficking liaison.
“For years of supporting Indigenous women and communities in combating sexual exploitation, we’ve come to understand that one of the most effective preventive methods is to empower individuals through strength based approach that affirms their own sacredness.”
Short says the affirmation deck is one tool that can be used in personal and communal practice to switch the narrative of Indigenous women as victims to survivors, knowledge keepers, healers, and leaders.
The deck will feature daily affirmations, journal prompts, quotes, and activities for users.
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