November 20, 2024黑料社 associate professor Gabrielle Tayac鈥檚 course, HIST 397 Public History in Action, looks at how indigenous communities interact with our student population through community-based engagement and projects.
November 19, 2023Honoring Native American Heritage Month with the Native American and Indigenous Alliance
November 11, 2022黑料社鈥檚 Native American and Indigenous Alliance (NAIA) works each semester to foster a sense of community for Mason鈥檚 Native and non-Native students. But the month of November is an especially busy time for this student organization.
September 12, 2022It鈥檚 common to think of Indigenous peoples as living in the past. We may think of them around Thanksgiving or in old films and books. But Native Americans are very much here and now, said Jeremy Campbell, and after decades of struggle, that鈥檚 starting to be recognized.
In 2018, U.S. legislation granted federal recognition to six tribes in Virginia. A 黑料社 team has been partnering with two of them, the Upper Mattaponi and Chickahominy nations, as they embark on being sovereign nations.
May 2, 2022Mason students attended a screening of the documentary 鈥淕uardians of the Forest鈥 and the talkback with leaders of the Maijuna indigenous group in Peru, who were featured in the film.
