Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice Movie Screening and Q and A | The Moritz Office of Inclusive Excellence

 Join us for a virtual community showing of 'Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice' and Q&A with Executive Director Audrey Geyer.

Monday November 13, 2023

5:30 - 7 p.m.

130 Saxbe Auditorium, The Ohio State University, Columbus

'Warrior Lawyers' (2021) is a one-hour PBS documentary that is particularly timely and relevant given our country's current reckoning with racial inequity, institutional racism, and social injustice. The program focuses on the stories of Midwest Native American Lawyers, Tribal Judges, and their colleagues who work with Native Nations, their citizens, and mainstream institutions to achieve Sacred Justice. These unseen role models strive daily to address and resolve unique and complicated historical, governmental, legal, judicial, and social welfare issues, which are most often rooted in discrimination, historical trauma, and cultural destruction. Come take a journey into past and present-day Indian Country to learn of untold stories that shine a light on Native Americans rising up to create a new path for today and for the next Seven Generations. 

Register for free at go.osu.edu/warriorlawyers. (In Person)

Following the screening, director, and producer Audrey Geyer will be available virtually to answer questions from viewers. Geyer has been a video director/producer for over 20 years. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Visions, a non-profit 501(c) 3 independent video production organization, located in Metro Detroit. Visions' mission is to produce social affairs documentaries that tell stories of Midwest communities and cultures underrepresented in the media that helps foster empathy in our viewers, expand their knowledge, and encourage dialogue, inclusiveness, and social change.

Visions has produced two documentaries on contemporary Native American issues: ‘Our Fires Still Burn: The Native American Experience’ and ‘Warrior Lawyers: Defenders of Sacred Justice.’

For more information, visit the Moritz College of Law.

The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos: Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and World Heritage

 Our book is available to order from

The Ohio State University Press, Barnes and Noble and Amazon  

as of June 2023!

$24.95 in Paperback or PDF EBook.
25 Color Illustrations, 152 pages.

Rising in quiet grandeur from the earth in an astoundingly engineered arrangement that ancient peoples mapped to the movements of the moon, Ohio’s Newark Earthworks form the largest geometric earthen complex ever known. In the two thousand years of their existence, they have served as gathering place, ceremonial site, fairground, army encampment, golf course, and park. And, at long last, they are poised (along with neighboring sites) to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site—a designation that recognizes their international importance as a direct link to the ancient past as well as their continuing cultural and archaeological significance.

The lush photos and wide-ranging essays of The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos honor this significance, not only to the global community but to local individuals and scholars who have developed intimate connections to the Earthworks. In sharing their experiences with this ancient site, public historians, archaeologists, physicists, architects, and others—including local and Indigenous voices—continue the work of nearly two hundred years of citizen efforts to protect and make accessible the Newark Earthworks after centuries of stewardship by Indigenous people. The resulting volume serves as a rich primer on the site for those unfamiliar with its history and a beautifully produced tribute for those who are already acquainted with its wonders.

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to support the Ohio History Connection and the Newark Earthworks Center in their efforts to manage and interpret the site for the world.

-The Ohio State University Press.

We are so excited to share the results 

of our collaboration!

Newark Earthworks, Great Circle.

“This volume reveals the beauty and precision of Indigenous science demonstrated through the Newark Earthworks and the urgent efforts to care for this sacred place in our time. The diversity of voices and insights makes clear that the Earthworks are still gifting us with knowledge written on the land.” —Sonya Atalay (Anishinaabe-Ojibwe), author of Community-Based Archaeology: Research with, by, and for Indigenous and Local Communities.

“The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos allows you to explore the awe, beauty, and genius of the Newark Earthworks and why they are just as significant as Stonehenge, the Colosseum, the Pyramids, or other world wonders. These essays reflect the work that is ongoing to center Indigenous voices in interpreting these places. Whether the Newark Earthworks are in your backyard or a globe away, these essays will illuminate their extraordinary human story, made of earth, one basket at a time.” —Megan Wood, executive director and CEO, Ohio History Connection.

“The dazzling site known as the Newark Earthworks has mystified, inspired, and captivated humans for millennia. Even today, it precisely charts the heavens and offers a place to consider the biggest questions in the universe. The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos is the first book to both explore its origins and to show how people in our own time continue to find meaning in its elegant construction.” —Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), author and curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.

We have been privileged to feature the following

 scholars in our book:

• "Foreword: Making the Earthworks Public"
• Richard D. Shiels

Part I. What Are the Newark Earthworks? 

• "A Shawnee Perspective"
• Glenna J. Wallace
• "The Mystery in Our Midst"
• Aaron Keirns
• "Hard to Describe but Awesome to Experience"
• Brad Lepper
• "A Traveling Architect’s View"
• John E. Hancock
• "Earthworks Terminology"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Greatness of the Great Circle"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan

Part II. Uniting Earth and Sky

• "Exciting Times"
• John N. Low
• "Licking County’s Ancient Treasures"
• Bill Weaver
• "Nature and the Newark Earthworks"
• Jim Williams
• "How We Found the Lunar Alignments at the Octagon"
• Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• "Just How Does the Octagon Align with the Moon?"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Rhythm of the Moon Written on the Land"
• Mike Mickelson
• "The Rest of the Story"
• Brad Lepper

Part III. What Is World Heritage? 

• "Rising to the Occasion"
• Stacey Halfmoon
• "The Newark Earthworks Have Integrity"
• Brad Lepper
• "Designating the Octagon and Great Circle as World Heritage Sites"
• Jennifer Aultman
• "The Newark Earthworks Have Outstanding Universal Value"
• Brad Lepper
• "It Is Time to Prepare for Earthworks Tourism"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "What Can America Learn from the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks?"
• Richard D. Shiels

Part IV. Experiencing and Remembering Earthworks

• "Places of Spirituality, Accomplishment, and Power"
• Marti L. Chaatsmith
• "The First Modern Lunar Standstill"
• Mike Mickelson
• "Complicated History Is Built into Our Landscape"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "Generations of Learners Honor the Earthworks"
• Mary F. Borgia
• "The Other Newark Earthworks"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "The Life-Changing Potential of Our Earthworks"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "Thin Places"
• Jim Williams
• "Thinking about Earthworks in New Ways"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan

Part V. The Ohio Phenomenon

• "World Heritage for the Hopewell Culture Earthworks"
• Richard D. Shiels
• "The Fort Ancient Earthworks: Similar but Different"
• Brad Lepper
• "Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: The Hopewell Core"
• Bret J. Ruby
• "How the Great Hopewell Road Connected Newark with Chillicothe"
• Brad Lepper
• "My Hopewell Pilgrimage between Chillicothe and Newark"
• Norita Yoder

Part VI. Ancient Communities Coming Together

• "Indigenous Values Infuse the World Heritage Movement"
• Christine Ballengee Morris
• "Licking County’s 14,000-Year History"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "Building Earthworks, Building Community"
• Jim Williams
• "A Prehistoric Legacy for the Present"
• Ray Hively and Robert Horn
• "A 2,000-Year-Old Intellectual Center"
• Lucy E. Murphy

Part VII. Modern Communities Coming Together

• "Growing Up in the Mahoning Valley"
• Jay Toth
• "Seeing the Moon Again for the First Time"
• Jeff Gill
• "Want a Better Community? Be Awestruck"
• M. Elizabeth Weiser
• "Drawn Together at Earthworks"
• Timothy R. W. Jordan
• "Universal Value and Significance"
• Hope Taft
• "A World Heritage Fledgling"
• Jennifer Aultman

March 27, 2023: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants with Robin Wall Kimmerer

5 p.m.

Free and open to the public.

John and Mary Alford Performing Arts Hall
1209 University Drive, Newark, Ohio

Registration Required.

Free copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are still available at the library front desk on the Newark campus of The Ohio State University and Central Ohio Technical College.  Our address is 1219 University Dr. and our hours are available here; please pick up your copy by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27. 

https://go.osu.edu/braiding_sweetgrass

Book signing to follow.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Kimmerer will discuss her experiences as an Indigenous scientist and writer and explore how we can deepen our understanding of the natural world through Indigenous ways of knowing. She will share stories and insights that challenge us to rethink our relationship with the Earth and all its inhabitants, and inspire us to cultivate a more respectful, reciprocal, and sustainable relationship with the world around us.

Additional Book Access:

Electronic copies of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants are available: https://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b10174856~S7

Additional print copies can be requested through OhioLINK, Licking County Library, and Columbus Metropolitan Library.

Sponsored by the Newark Earthworks Center; Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of Multicultural Affairs; John L. and Christine Warner Library; Newark Campus Bookstore; Central Ohio Technical College and The Ohio State University at Newark. 

If you need accommodations for this event, please contact Stephanie Rowland at Rowland.245@osu.edu by March 13th. The university will make every effort to meet requests after this date.

What is Orange Shirt Day?

Join Intercultural Specialist, Melissa Beard Jacob, for a presentation surrounding Orange Shirt Day and its history and significance to Native American and Indigenous communities and the impacts of boarding/residential school experiences. 

 
The Ohio State Community will be observing Orange Shirt Day on Thursday, September 30. Please remember to wear your orange! Participants who attend this information session will have an opportunity to stop by the Student Life Multicultural Center and receive an official Native OSU Orange Shirt Day t-shirt. 
 
If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Madison Eagle at eagle.41@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.  

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Zoom

Free

Event Recording

Registration is required. To register: https://go.osu.edu/orangeshirtday .

For more information, 

Visit:

• Multicultural Center | The Ohio State University
• Orange Shirt Day
• National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
• "American Indian Boarding Schools: An Exploration of Global Ethnic & Cultural Cleansing; A Supplementary Curriculum Guide" (PDF)
• Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways, 2011.
• Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center
• Student Files
• Images
• Publications
• Lists & Rosters
• Collections
• Websites
• Carlisle Indian School Students Database
• Gettysburg College
• Home From School | Vision Maker Media
• "Day Set to Honor Native American Boarding School Victims."
• Attiyya Toure, The Lantern, September 27, 2018.
• Death by Boarding School: "The Last Acceptable Racism" and the United States' Genocide of Native Americans" (PDF)
• Ann Piccard, Gonzaga Law Review, Vol. 49. 2013.
• "Let All That is Indian Within You Die!" (PDF)
• Native American Rights Fund Legal Review. Volume 38, Number 2. Summer/Fall 2013.
• "Survivors of Indian boarding schools tell their stories"
• WKAR PBS, January 11, 2012.
• "American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many"
• NPR, May 19, 2008.
• 'Bring Them Home': Rosebud Sioux Seeking Return of Relatives Buried at Carlisle Indian Industrial School
• February 18, 2016.
• Survival and Change: The Significance of Contemporary American Indian Art
• February 26, 2015.

Ohio Voting While in College

Key Dates

• Near Labor Day [Sept. 7th] 2020 | Ohio will be mailing ALL registered voters a form to request an absentee ballot.
• October 5, 2020 | General Election Voter Registration Deadline 9 PM
• October 6, 2020 | Early voting & mail-in voting begins
• October 31, 2020 | Deadline to request an absentee ballot
• November 2, 2020 | Early voting and mail-in voting ends
• November 3, 2020 | General Election Day 
• 6:30 AM - 7:30 PM

"Voting in Your Hometown Election

Though you may be living on or near campus during the school year, you can participate in your hometown elections even from out of state. You can do so by maintaining your permanent home address as your voting residence and casting your ballot by:

• Requesting an absentee ballot from your county board of elections and voting by mail; Click here for more information about absentee voting.
• Voting in person in the 28 days before a primary or general election at your home county board of elections if you won’t be at home on Election Day,
• Or, if you will be at home on Election Day, going to your assigned polling location for your home precinct.

Plan ahead before you go away to school. You can request your absentee ballot NOW from your hometown county board of elections to vote.

Voting from Your Campus Address
You may be able to vote from your campus address. Please review the residency requirements for voter registration or contact your county board of elections to discuss your specific circumstances.
If you are eligible and choose to vote in the election from your campus community, you must fill out a new voter registration form at least 30 days prior to the election using your campus address. This will cancel your hometown registration as you can only vote once in any given election."

-State of Ohio Government Website, Secretary of State, Grads Vote Ohio | College Voters.

The Ohio State University Office of Student Life | Information for Voters

• Student Voter Registration FAQs

For More Information,

Visit:

• VoteOhio.Gov
• Check your voter registration, find your voting precinct and polling location
• Register to Vote or Update Your Voter Registration Information
• College Voters
• Find my Polling Location
• County Board of Elections Directory
• Track My Ballot
• Election Official Manual | Ohio Secretary of State [PDF]
• Introduction
• Election Administration
• Voter Registration
• Ballots
• Absentee Voting
• Provisional Voting
• Election Day Voting
• Canvassing the Vote
• Post-Election Activities
• Voting Systems
• Petitions
• Candidates
• Political Parties
• Statewide Initiative & Referendum
• Miscellaneous Duties
• Resources
• Vote411
• League of Women Voters' Education Fund
• Vote.org
• Allen County Board of Elections
• Register to Vote
• Absentee Voting
• Voter Information Lookup
• Where to Vote
• Franklin County Board of Elections
• Voter Search
• Current Election Info
• Polling Locations
• Absentee Voting
• Sample Ballot
• Licking County Board of Elections
• Am I registered?
• Absentee Ballot Application
• Absentee Voting Hours
• Voter ID Requirements
• Issues List
• Candidates List
• Federal Post Card Application Voter Registration and Absentee Ballot Request
• Marion County Board of Elections
• Register to Vote
• Absentee Voting
• Voter Information Lookup
• Where to Vote
• Richland County Board of Elections
• Register online
• Wayne County Board of Elections
• Voter Registration
• Absentee Ballot
• Look up Polling Location
• Sample Ballot
• "Ohio Voting Guide: What to Know About the 2020 Election"
•  Gabe Rosenberg, WOSU, August 10, 2020.
• Library of Congress: Classroom Materials on The Right to Vote
• History of Voting Rights for Native Americans

The Place of Wild Onions | Settler Colonial City Project

"The Place of Wild Onions." LSA Magazine Spring 2020 issu. University of Michigan. Pages 40-42.

April 14, 2020.

The University of Michigan's LSA Spring issu magazine briefly summarizes the ongoing Settler Colonial City Project (SCCP) which highlights the city of Chicago's unceded land and its American Indian history.

"You are acquanted with this piece of land-the country we live in. Shall we give it up? Take notice, it is a small piece of land, and if we give it away, what will become of us?" -Translated speech of  Me-te-a [Pottawatomie Chief from the Wabash] at the 1821 Treaty of Chicago; published by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft [Travels in the central portions of the Mississipi Valley: comprising observations on its mineral geography, internal resources, and aboriginal population: performed under the sanction of government, in the year 1821. Collins and Hannay, 1825. Image 356/Page 342] 

For more information,

Visit:

• Settler Colonial City Project (SCCP)
• American Indian Center of Chicago
• Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and the City of Chicago
• Dr. John Low, Michigan State University Press, February 2016.
• [Project Muse e-book OSU Login]
• 1821 Treaty of Chicago
• Waseyabek Development Compay, LLC | Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (NHBP)
• "The Dark History of the Treaty of Chicago"
• Leon Despres, HuffPost, August 15, 2008 [Updated May 25, 2011].
• Travels in the central portions of the Mississipi Valley: comprising observations on its mineral geography, internal resources, and aboriginal population: performed under the sanction of government, in the year 1821.
• Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Library of Congress, Collins and Hannay, 1825. pg335- pg377/Image 342-391.
• Forest County Potatawatomi |Keeper of the Fire
• September 26, 1833 Treaty of Chicago
• American Indian Urban Relocation
• National Archives | Educator Resources, Teaching with Documents
• American Indians in Cleveland Exhibition
• The Cleveland Museum of Art
• "The Urban "Half": Resituating the History of Urban Relocation and Public Education" [PDF available]
• Kimberly R. Murphy, UC Berkeley ISSI Fellows Working Papers, January 2010.
• "Trail of Broken Dreams: For American Indians, leaving the reservation was a bittersweet choice. Its official name was relocation. Now it's called genocide." [Audio available]
• Laura Putre, Cleveland Scence, November 23, 2000.
• "Roots of the Native American Urban Experiencce: Relocation Policy in the 1950s"
• Larry W. Burt, American Indian Quarterly, Vol 10, No 2 (Spring 1986), pg 85-99. JSTOR (OSU Link).

National Indian Health Board COVID-19 Tribal Resource Center

"The National Indian Health Board is leading a national effort to advocate and secure resources for Tribes to respond to COVID-19. NIHB seeks to ensure that the Tribes remain informed on COVID 19, have the resources and assistance needed to respond to the pandemic, and that the Congress and Administration understand and address Tribal needs and priorities. NIHB also aims to create resources that will be informative and helpful to Tribes and Tribal members. NIHB believes that this coordinated national response is part of its sacred mission to serve the Tribes and help maintain the safety and well-being of Tribal citizens."

  -National Indian Health Board COVID-19 
Tribal Resource Center

• Updates and Communication
• Community Health Tools
• Advocacy Tools
• Upcoming Calls, Webinars, and Events
• Tribal Response Plans
• Administration and Agency Response

For more information,

Visit:

• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Coronavirus
• ADVISORY: COVID-19: If you have cold/flu symptoms, please call your provider before your scheduled appointment. Do not visit hospital/clinic patients if you are ill. More details.
• Learn more about symptoms, risks and how to protect yourself
• Patient and Community Information
• Ohio State Faculty, Staff and Students
• Wexner Medical Center Faculty and Staff
• Health Care Partners
• Ohio Department of Health
• Coronavirus.ohio.gov
• How You Can Prevent and Prepare
• Latest Developments
• Find your local Health District
• COVID-19 Checklists
• Frequently Asked Questions
• How it Spreads
• Travel Information
• Educational Videos
• Translated Materials
• Community and Faith-Based Organizations
• Guidelines for Childcare and K-12 Schools
• Guidance for Employers/Businesses
• Long-Term Care
• COVID-19 Resources for Local Health Districts and Providers
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
• Emergency Preparedness and Response Coronavirus Disease
• World Health Organization
• Daily World Health Organization Situation Report
• Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak
• Coronavirus
• Decolonizing Community Care in Response to COVID-19 | NDN Collective
• COVID-19 and Indigenous peoples | United Nations For Indigenous Peoples
• Indigenous Community-Based Health Research Lab: Morning Star Lodge
• Protecting Our Home Fires COVID-19 Fact Sheet for Indigenous Communities
• [PDF in English, Cree, Nakota, Dene, Michif, Saulteaux, French, and Portuguese]
• " 'Protect your elders as they've protected you': Artists' COVID-19 posters target Indigenous communities"
• Jessica Deer, CBC News, April 4, 2020.
• "Virtual powwow connects dancers, drummers, and vendors amid pandemic"
• Nic Meloney, CBC News, April 4, 2020.
• "First Nations TikTok users hope to inspire youth to learn more about their cultures"
• Lenard Monkman, CBC News, April 13, 2020.
• "New Mexico pueblo fights a high infection rate"
• Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today, May 1, 2020.
• "Ojibwe elder loved handing down language, culture"
• Eddie Chuculate, Indian Country Today, May 9, 2020.
• "Pueblos seal borders, push testing to keep out virus"
• Associated Press, Indian Country Today, May 9, 2020.
• "Native artists lend skills to COVID-19 campaigns"
• Sandra Hale Schulman, Indian Country Today, May 10, 2020
• "Navajo Nation has more COVID-19 Cases Per Capita than any of 50 U.S. States"
• Levi Rickert, Native News Online, May 11, 2020.

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Culturally Significant Plants

November 27, 2019.

The U.S. Forest Service, has written an informative post about their initiative with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians "to conserve and restore important plant species through research, education and active ecosystem management. " It is intended to restore, manage, and build research around culturally significant plants and ecological management.

"The charter reinforces that the Cherokee relationship with plants and the land supports both current and past connections to language, cultural practices, education and identity."

-U.S. Forest Service.

To read the full post, click here.

For more information,

visit:

• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Natural Resources | Culturally Significant Plant Species Initiative (CSPSI)
• Culturally Significant Plant Species Initiative Charter (PDF)
• The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere, December 2018.
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Materials Program | Culturally Significant Plants
• Publications relating to Ethnobotany
• Indigenous Stewardship Methods
• Plants Database of Plant Guides of Cultually Significant Plants
• "Beyond Traditional Borders: Working with Native American Tribes"
• Culturally Significant Plants Fact Sheets (Doc and PDF available)

February 14, 2020: Bodéwadmi Wisgat Gokpenagen | The Black Ash Baskets of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Opening

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Director of the Newark Earthworks Center John Low (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi) and Director of the American Indian Studies Program Daniel Rivers (Choctaw) will speak. 

February 14, 2020

3 - 6 PM

Food and drink will be served; come help us celebrate AIS at OSU!

Free and open to the public.

Sullivant Hall Collaboratory 141

1813 N High Street

Columbus, OH 43210

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According to exhibit curator John N. Low, PhD, Potawatomi basket making is a reclamation and recovery of a piece of native knowledge and technology, and it represents a potent counter-colonial and counter-hegemonic act with lasting implications. Low is an Associate Professor of Comparative Studies at Ohio State Newark and an enrolled citizen of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians.

“This exhibit reflects an understanding that objects are not lifeless things that occupy space. They have spirit and meaning,” he said. “Centered upon intellectual and material property, basket weaving is an opportunity for native women and men to make their own histories by using the past to ‘read’ the present.”

The exhibit is sponsored by grants from The Ohio State University Global Arts and Humanities’ Indigenous Arts and Humanities Initiative, American Indian Studies program, Ohio State Newark Milliken Fund and the Newark Earthworks Center. 

“This is an opportunity to learn about and enjoy the artistry of American Indian peoples of the Midwest. The exhibit explores the ways in which objects like baskets communicate to those who take the time to ‘listen’,” said Low. “See the iconic black ash basketry of the Potawatomi Indians, and join in the celebration of the revival of this art.”

This exhibit was previously shown at the LeFevre Art Gallery on the Ohio State University Newark campus.

Director of the Newark Earthworks Center John Low received his PhD in American Culture from the University of Michigan. His most recent book, Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians & the City of Chicago, was published by the Michigan State University Press (2016).

For more information, visit: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eV69DF545/ .

The Warrior Women Project Public Film Screening & Discussion with Madona Thunder Hawk, Marcy Gilbert & Dr. Elizabeth Castle

PDF available.

1 - 2:30 PM

In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought for Native liberation and survival as a community of extended families. Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred

group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education. Together, Madonna and Marcy fought for Native rights in an environment that made them more comrades than mother-daughter. Today, with Marcy now a mother herself, both are still at the forefront of Native issues, fighting against the

environmental devastation of the Dakota Access Pipeline and for Indigenous cultural values. Through a circular Indigenous style of storytelling, this film explores what it means to navigate a movement and motherhood and how activist legacies are passed down and transformed from generation to generation in the context of colonizing government that meets Native resistance with violence.

Room 110-Auditorium

Reese Center

The Ohio State University at Newark

Newark, OH 43055

Sponsored by Ohio State Newark Cultural Arts and Events Committee, Office of Student Life, Native, American Indian & Indigenous Studies Organization (AIISO) student club, GAHDT/IAH grant, the Program in American Indian Studies and Newark Earthworks Center.

For more information, contact John Low, Ph.D, Native American & Indigenous Studies and Vorley Taylor, Multicultural Affairs.

• Warrior Women Film.com
• Viewer Discussion Guide
• PBS SOCAL Warrior Women | Promo Video

#HonorNativeLand & Culture Shift 2018

"You're invited! Join hundreds of fellow artists, activists, educators, policy-makers, students, dreamers, healers, truth-tellers, and allies for CULTURE/SHIFT 2018! 

This intercultural, inter-generational gathering will bring people from across the country for skill-building, relationship-building, and engaged learning, deepening a movement for cultural democracy. More than 45 interactive workshops/sessions, plus performances, plenaries, FRED talks, and more! 

Registration includes lunch on both days, morning coffee and refreshments, and opening and closing parties. CULTURE/SHIFT 2018 is hosted in partnership with the City of Albuquerque Department of Cultural Services and New Mexico-based arts and social justice organizations. Together, we will create, explore, and amplify strategies for cultural healing, resilience, and resistance."

Registration, Schedule, Program, Travel & Lodging, and FAQ's, here.

Registration closes on Friday October 26th, 2018. 

Limited number of tickets are still available.

For more information,

Visit:

• U.S. Department of Arts and Culture.
• Culture Shift November 1-3, 2018
• Honor Native Land: A Guide and Call to Acknowledgement
• You Are on Indigenous Land Google Drive Signs & Posters
• Q&A: Daniel Rivers, director of American Indian Studies Program
• College of Arts and Sciences News, October 5, 2018
• On This Land: Dance Presenters Honor Manhattan's First Inhabitants
• The New York Times, August 1, 2018.
• Indigenous Land Acknowledgement, Explained
• Teen Vogue, February 8, 2018.
• Honor Native Land
• Native America Calling, October 17, 2017.

Up Close with U.S. - Mexico Border Barriers: A Photo Exhibit by Ken Madsen

"For some the existence of the U.S.–Mexico border fences and walls only recently gained their attention, but Kenneth Madsen, associate professor of geography at The Ohio State University at Newark has had an eye on them for over 20 years. His research has resulted in an extensive collection of photographs and maps.

The exhibit photographs showcase the varying types of barriers along the border and places them in geographic context for communities unable to see the fences and walls in person. Maps accompanying the exhibit are the result of Madsen’s realization of the need for a comprehensive look at the laws being waived for border barrier construction.

“I have been learning about U.S.-Mexico border fences and walls since I undertook a class project on the topic in spring 1998 for a course I was taking on the Arizona-Sonora border at Arizona State University. From there the topic bloomed and it ended up being the focus for my master’s thesis in 1999,” he said.

Madsen has been tapped by news outlets ranging from CNBC to the Los Angeles Times for his expertise on the U.S.-Mexico border barriers and the laws being waived for their construction.

He received his Ph.D. in geography from Arizona State University in 2005. He has been teaching at Ohio State Newark since 2008."

For more information,

Visit: 

• Lefevre Art Gallery
• Department of Geography
• Dr. Kenneth Madsen
• Ohio State professor creates exhibit showcasing images of Mexico border walls, fences
• 10tv, October 4, 2018.

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Legacy RefWorks

If you have a Legacy RefWorks account you can transition your account to a ProQuest RefWorks account or keep both accounts simultaneously.

For more information, check out the Transitioning to the New ProQuest RefWorks [PDF].

The Ohio State University Library Catalog

• After you find a reference you would like to use at The Ohio State University Libraries' catalog, check out the top bar for a button that says Export to RefWorks (See arrow in image above). 
• You will need to be signed in to your RefWorks account in another tab for this to work.
• Your Reference with all relevant bibliographic information will be added to your Last Imported Folder. 
• This will only show your very last added reference, so if you are adding a series of references check your 'Not in Folder' Folder.
• You can always add your reference to a specific folder for easier organization. 
• Or if you have lost a source, try looking for it with the Search button.

Reference Databases like EBSCOHost

• Direct Export to RefWorks (See image above for Export button).
• You will need to be signed in to your RefWorks account in another tab for this to work.
• Your Reference with all relevant bibliographic information will be added to your Last Imported Folder. 
• This will only show your very last added reference, so if you are adding a series of references check your 'Not in Folder' Folder.
• You can always add your reference to a specific folder for easier organization. 
• Or if you have lost a source, try looking for it with the Search button.

  

• While on a research database like EBSCOHost if you download a copy of the PDF Full Text, you can save it in your RefWorks Reference later as an attachment.
• Be sure to check the database's Terms of Use before you download.
• "...Licensee and Authorized Users agree to abide by the Copyright Act of 1976 as well as by any contractual restrictions, copyright restrictions, or other restrictions provided by publishers and specified in the Databases or Services. Pursuant to these terms and conditions, the Licensee and Authorized Users may download or print limited copies of citations, abstracts, full text or portions thereof, provided the information is used solely in accordance with copyright law. Licensee and Authorized Users may not publish the information....."

You can manually enter a reference as well, 

just click on the + Add button.

TreeSearch

"Treesearch is an online system for sharing free, full text publications by Research and Development scientists in the US Forest Service. Included in Treesearch are scholarly works published by the agency as well as those published by others, including papers appearing in journals, conference proceedings, or books. All publications appearing in Treesearch are based on peer reviewed research to make sure they provide the best scientific information possible."

-United States Department of Agriculture & U.S. Forest Service.

Currently there are 50, 586 Publications available to search!

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• Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment
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• Forest & Plant Health
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A Small Sample of Examples include:

• Building Bridges: Perspectives on Partnership and Collaboration from the US Forest Service Tribal Relations Program. Michael J. Dockry, Sophia A. Gutterman, Mae A. Davenport. 2017 Journal of Forestry.
• Native American student perspectives of challenges in natural resource higher education. Breanna Gervais; Chase R. Voirin; Chris Beatty; Grace Bulltail; Stephanie Cowherd; Shawn Defrance; Breana Dorame; Raymond Gutteriez; Jessica Lackey; Candy Lupe; April B. Negrette; Natalya C. Robbins Sherman; Ruth Swaney; Kevin Tso; Marvin Victor; Royale Wilson; Kimberly Yazzie; Jonathan W. Long; Serra J. Hoagland. 2017. Journal of Forestry. 115(5): 491-497.
• A Special Issue of the Journal of Forestry- Tribal Forest Management: Innovations for Sustainable Forest Management. Michael J. Dockry, Serra J. Hoagland. 2017. Journal of Forestry. 115(5): 339-340.
• Tribal lands provide forest management laboratory for mainstream university students. Serra J. Hoagland, Ronald Miller, Kristen M. Waring, Orlando Carroll. 2017. Journal of Forestry 115(5): 484-490.
• Beauty, bounty, and biodiversity: the story of California Indian's relationship with edible native geophytes. M. Kat Anderson, Frank K. Lake. Fremontia.2016. 44(3): 44-51.
• Climate Change and indigenous peoples: a synthesis of current impacts and experiences. Kathryn Norton-Smith; Kathy Lynn; Karletta Chief; Karen Cozzetto; Jamie Donatuto; Margaret Hiza Redsteer; Linda E. Kruger; Julie Maldonado; Carson Viles; Kyle P. Whyte. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-944. pg136.
• Bridging the gaps that divide. David H. Jurney, Serra Hoagland. 2015. Journal of Forestry 113(2): 271-272.
• Indigenous experiences in the U.S. with climate change and environmental stewardship in the Anthropocene. Karletta Chief, John J. Daigle, Kathy Lynn, Kyle Powys Whyte. 2014. Forest conservation and management in the Anthropocene: Conference proceedings. pg 161-176.
• Submergence of black ash logs to control emerald ash borer and preserve wood for American Indian basketmaking. Therese M. Poland, Tina M. Ciaramitaro, Marla R. Emery, Damon J. Crook, Ed Pigeon, Angie Pigeon. 2015. Agricultural and Forest Entomology.
• Fire and tribal cultural resources. Frank K. Lake, Jonathan W. Long. 2014. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-247. 173-186. Chapter 4.2.
• The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods. Kathy Lynn; John Daigle; Jennie Hoffman; Frank Lake; Natalie Michelle; Darren Ranco; Carson Viles; Garrit Voggesser; Paul. Williams. 2013. Climactic Change. 120:545-556.
• Living waters: Linking cultural knowledge, ecosystem services, and wilderness. Linda Moon Stumpff. 2013. International Journal of Wilderness. 19(1): 20-25.
• Listening and learning from traditional knowledge and western science: A dialogue on contemporary challenges of forest health and wildfire. Larry Mason; Germaine White; Gary Morishima; Ernesto Alvarado; Louise Andrew; Fred Clark; Mike Durglo; Jim Durglo; John Eneas; Jim Erickson; Margaret Friedlander; Kathy Hamel; Colin Hardy; Tony Harwood; Faline Haven; Everett Isaac; Laurel James; Robert Kenning; Adrian Leighton; Pat Pierre; Carol Raish; Bodie Shaw; Steven Smallsalmon; Vernon Stearns; Howard Teasley; Matt Weingart; Spus Wilder. 2012. Journal of Forestry. 110(4): 187-193.
• Traditional wisdom: Protecting relationships with wilderness as a cultural landscape. Alan Watson, Roian Matt, Katie Knotek, Daniel R. Williams, Laurie Yung. 2011. Ecology and Society. 16(1): 36.
• Tribal-federal collaboration in resource management. Ellen M. Donoghue, Sara A. Thompson, John C. Bliss. 2010. Journal of Ecological Anthropology. 14(1): 22-38.
• Contemporary California Indian uses for food of species affected by Phytophthora ramorum. Beverly R. Ortiz. 2008. Proceedings of the sudden oak death third science symposium. 419-425.
• Restoring youth: Restoring relationships to wildlife and wild places. Linda Moon Stumpff. 2007. Science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Eighth World Wilderness Congress symposium. 397-401.
• American Indian Gathering and Recreation Uses of National Forests. Leo McAvoy, Paul Shirilla, Joseph Flood. 2005. Proceedings of the 2004 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium, 81-87.
• Listening to Neglected Voices- American Indian Perspectives on Natural Resource Management. David N. Bengston. 2004. Journal of Forestry, January/February 2004, 48-52.
• American Indians, Place Meanings and the Old/New West, Leo McAvoy, 2002. Journal of Leisure Research 34(4):383-396.
• Bringing fire back. The changing regimes of the Appalachian mixed-oak forest. Patrick Brose, Thomas Schuler, David Van Lear, John Berst. 2001. Journal of Forestry 99(11): 30-25.
• Tribal wilderness research needs and issues in the United States and Canada. Dan McDonald, Leo H. McAvoy. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference- Volume 2 Wilderness within the context of larger systems. pg 290-294.

Free Public Reception for The Art of Ngatu: Tradition, Innovation and Community in Polynesia

November 20, 2017 - May 1, 2018.

November 20th

5:30 - 7 PM
The exhibition “The Art of Ngatu: Tradition, Innovation and Community in Polynesia” combines original artwork, traditional tapa (beaten bark cloth), photography, film and ephemera. Exhibition content focuses on artists Dame Robin White (New Zealand) and Ruha Fifita (Tonga), their process and practice in Polynesia. Collaborating with communities of indigenous women, the artists use traditional methods to produce tapa while also incorporating innovation and contemporary narratives related to the history of Polynesian communities. 

LeFevre Art Gallery
LeFevre Hall
The Ohio State University at Newark

Newark, Ohio 43055

Dame Robin White (born Te Puke, New Zealand, 1946) is one of New Zealand’s greatest visual artists. Of Pakeha and Maori descent, White was one of the most prominent painters of the 1970s, producing numerous iconic New Zealand images. She subsequently lived on the island of Tarawa in the Republic of Kiribati for 17 years before returning to New Zealand in 1999. She has continued working since then with groups of indigenous women, weavers and artists from around the Pacific.

In 2003, White was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. White says her tapa-based works are about “those things that connect different peoples.” Collaborating with indigenous people, using traditional processes, materials and techniques, her tapa work infuses ordinary subjects with values that are timeless and like an ocean, borderless.

Ruha Fifita is an internationally respected artist from Tonga. Her ngatu work was recently exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. Fifita advocates for increasing youth voices and a continued link to indigenous culture, which she believes is one of the region’s greatest strengths. She is currently curator of Polynesian art at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia.

The exhibition is co-curated by Dr. John N. Low Associate Professor of Comparative Studies and Marcus Boroughs, former director of the Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History in New Zealand.

Financial support provided by the Milliken Fund. Sponsored by: The Newark Earthworks Center, The American Indian Studies Program at The Ohio State University, The Office of Student Life at The Ohio State University at Newark, The Black Box Theater and the Ohio State Newark/Central Ohio Technical College Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council .

For more information, 
visit LeFevre Art Gallery's webpage, 

or contact Dr. John N. Low, at low.89@osu.edu.