Community Engagement

Indigenous Peoples' Day 2022

Illustration with trees in foreground and birds flying over a pastel backdrop of a mountain during a sunset or pinks, oranges and reds

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! We hope you will engage with the resources below to help honor the cultures and histories of Native American and Indigenous People.

Ancestors Know Who We Are
Online Exhibition: National Museum of the American Indian
The exhibition brings together six Black-Indigenous women artists whose work addresses issues of race, gender, multiracial identity, and intergenerational knowledge. It also includes artist interviews as well as writings, labeled “Reflections,” by Black and Black-Indigenous scholars from the fields of history, gender studies, art history, and education.

Native Turtle Island (North America)
Research Guide: NYU Libraries
This guide is intended to help people doing research in the history of Native Turtle Island (excluding the area that is now contemporary Mexico). The guide includes printed reference works, databases, newspapers, and free websites outside of NYU that offer a vast array of online resources.

Native Arts & Culture: Resilience, Reclamation, and Relevance Convening
Video: National Endowment for the Arts
A first-of-its-kind national convening; was hosted by the National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Native Arts & Cultures Foundation in February 2020.