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Native American Heritage Day

This November, EchoX expanded on our story map, “400 Years After the Mayflower”.

Indigenous Walking Tour

From student Owen Oliver, a walking tour of the University of Washington, “written, created, and curated within multiple Indigenous lands and waters. Not limited to but including the Musqueam, Duwamish, Suquamish, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian territories”.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Q&A

For our third installment, we’ve asked EchoX staff, board members, friends, and community members to take part in a short Thanksgiving Q&A.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: Healing, Truthmaking, & Revitalizing

This Thanksgiving, EchoX staff, Board members, & DIGITIZE youth members have curated media, music, and resources discussing both contemporary and historical issues Indigenous Americans have faced in the past and continue to face today.

As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition, & Plateau Art

Don’t miss “As Grandmother Taught,” an exhibit at the Washington State History Museum that highlights the techniques and materials of Indigenous women of the Columbia River Plateau.

Decolonizing Thanksgiving: Land Acknowledgment

Resources to help you draft a Land Acknowledgment that works toward racial equality and goes beyond words!

The ‘Sioux Chef’ Brings Indigenous Food Back to the Forefront of American Diets

From Good News Network (By Andy Corbley) – A profile on Sean Sherman, an Oglala Lakota chef working to reclaim and revitalize Indigenous food culture.

Land acknowledgements meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead

From The Conversation (By Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert, & Valerie Lambert) – Three anthropologists explain the rationale of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists’ recent request to officially pause land acknowledgements.

Seahawks logo isn’t just accepted by Coast Salish tribes – it’s beloved

From Tulalip News (by Michael Rios) – “The Seattle Seahawks’ logo is that rarest of birds: a culturally accurate sports icon directly inspired from an Indigenous masterpiece — and embraced by the Indigenous People it is borrowed from.”

Live from Seattle: a brand-new Indigenous radio station

From Crosscut (by Margo Vansynghel) – “The longtime Native community center and headquarters of the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation is now home to a brand-new – and rare – initiative: Daybreak Star Radio, an international online radio station fully dedicated to Indigenous music, arts and culture.”

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