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Category: Truth and Reconciliation
International Symposium on Indigenous Communities and Climate Change, December 6 and 7, 2018
Locations: December 6 Princeton Public Library December 7 Betts Auditorium, Princeton U. School of Architecture The symposium addresses: Effects of climate change (global warming) on Indigenous communities in Canada, the U.S., and Russia Indigenous reporting on climate change and environment-related…
Read MoreThe Princeton Reconstruction Project
“The Princeton Reconstruction Project is comprised of concerned students calling for an active Reconstruction of Princeton University — an intentional pivot from its roots as a White supremacist institution to one that reflects the current values it espouses.” Following a…
Read MoreIndigenous Peoples’ Day
Renee Gokey (Eastern Shawnee/Sac and Fox/Miami) and Dennis W. Zotigh (Kiowa/San Juan Pueblo/Santee Dakota Indian) summarize the history of Columbus Day and the growing movement to replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Their article lists the states and cities that…
Read MoreSlave Dwelling Project Community Day, October 12 and 13, 2018
In conjunction with Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Public Library, Arts Council of Princeton, and Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, Morven is honored to host a Slave Dwelling Project http://www.slavedwellingproject.org/ Program Oct 12 and 13; bringing Mr. Joe McGill’s program…
Read MoreTouring the Deep South, Where the Confederacy Is Set in Stone
Journalists John Eligon and Trymaine Lee recently toured Southern states to take a measure of attitudes toward preserving the history of the Confederacy and slavery. Among those interviewed were descendants of enslavers, including Jefferson Davis, and enslaved. Opinions expressed include:…
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