IEC Programs
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN POWER!
Celebrate Indigenous People’s Accomplishments In Art, Education, Fashion, Politics, and So Much More!
Read About Princess Red Wing
Click the images to read about the Pollinator Garden!
Newport Art Museum:
Exhibiting Artist Talk and Panel Discussion with Annu Palakunnathu Matthew.
Watch this virtual program, highlighting Annu Palakunnathu Matthew's exhibit, ReVision. Watch and listen to different artists as they talk with Matthew about her body of work and share their knowledge and perspectives on art. The exhibit closes January 7th.
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Museum Open House
Watch Museum Open House program. A series that highlights different museums and cultural institutions. Tomaquag Museum and Lorén Spears!
Watch Lorén Spears's interview with Jay as they talk about the history of Tomaquag Museum and the traveling exhibit, Away From Home!
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PBS:
In Another Opinion
Lorén Spears Shares Her Opinion
Season 5 Episode 20Watch
In Another Opinion, a show where they discuss topics related to communities of color in Rhode Island
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Read about NASA and their work with the Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources and their efforts to save the planet.
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Why are Indigenous students not doing well on standardized tests compared to other demographics of students?
Read how educators are finding ways to help Indigenous students with their education.
To learn the answer, click on the image below.
Read how the Narragansett Nation’s history and other Indigenous Nations is being incorporated in the curriculum and the discussion surrounding Critical Race Theory.
To read more about this topic, click the image below.
Students sit, socially distant due to the pandemic, in a classroom at Delsesto-Springfield Middle School in Providence, R.I., Dec. 3, 2020.PHILIP KEITH/NYT
Indigenous Education Coordinator, Chrystal Baker and her daughter, Nittaunis Baker
Support minority owned bookstore and Indigenous authors.
Check out these Indigenous-owned book stores! Support Indigenous authors!
To find out where these stores are located, click the picture below.
Women in power!
endawnis Spears was appointed to serve on the Chariho School Committee and will serve until November 2022.
To learn more about Spears and her new role, read the article.
The site of the Great Swamp Massacre now belongs to the Narragansett Nation.
The Rhode Island Historical Society returned five acres of sacred land to the Narragansett Nation!
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endawnis Spears, Navajo Nation
INDIGENUITY IN THE ARTS!
Check Out These Exhibits! Watch A Few Movies!
Keep Checking Back to See What’s New & Creative!
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS!
It’s That Time of Year!
