Si Otsedoha (We Are Still Here): Remembering Cherokee Removal follows Remember The Removal Bike Ride and highlights the endurance, emotions, and bonds of Cherokee people over nearly 1,000 miles along the Trail of Tears. Missouri is the longest and one of the toughest sections of the ride, sometimes called “Misery” by riders because of its hilly terrain.

This is the first film to kick off our 2023 Signature Series, Roots & Routes: The Movement and Settlement of Missourians. Thank you to the participants Remember The Removal Bike Ride for allowing us to share your story.

Learn more about our Signature Series: https://mohumanities.org/movement/

Follow Remember the Removal Bike Ride on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/removal.ride

Learn more about the ride: https://rtr.cherokee.org/

Episode 8: Chef Nephi Craig, ‘Hunt.Fish.Gather.’

Episode Description

The 2022 Hunt. Fish. Gather. Program, presented by Missouri Humanities, The Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, and Washington University Dining Services, took place on November 3rd and 4th, 2022. This program creates an educational opportunity for Washington University and the local community, focused on an Indigenous model of health and wellness by incorporating traditional Native foods and decolonizing the Westernized food system here in the United States.

This year, we were joined by Chef Nephi Craig (White Mountain Apache/Navajo), a pioneer in the development of restorative indigenous food practices, a term critical for social recovery and indigenous resurgence during an age of fast food and disease. Chef Nephi has 24 years of culinary experience and is the founder of the Native American Culinary Association, a network dedicated to the research, refinement, and development of Native American cuisine. Craig provides training, workshops, and lecture sessions on Native American Cuisine to schools, restaurants, and tribal entities across America and abroad.

Please visit the Missouri Humanities Council website to listen!

Cultural Resources, Archeology, and Your Community

Candy Sall, Director of the Museum of Anthropology and American Archaeology Division at the University of Missouri, shares information what Missourians should know when Native American artifacts and sites are discovered on public and private lands.

Art Speaks: Tonita Peña and Modern Pueblo Painting

A recently installed gallery of southwestern Indigenous art at SLAM features a watercolor by Tonita Peña (Pueblo of San Ildefonso, 1893–1949). Alexander Marr, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Assistant Curator of Native American Art, explored Peña’s art and her role in histories of Native American modernism. The sole woman among the first Native easel painters in New Mexico, Peña innovated with the media, subjects, and patronage of Pueblo painting.

For more information go to slam.org

Art Speaks: Cosmic Geometry in Anishinaabe Textiles

To the Western eye, geometric patterns of repeating triangles or lozenges have little meaning. In this program Cory Willmott, professor of cultural anthropology at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, takes us on a journey through the spiritual cosmos in Anishinaabe art and reveals its significant symbolism in the geometric motifs woven into textiles in the exhibition "Woodlands: Native American Art from St. Louis Collections."

Books

Dunbar-Ortiz, R. (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Treuer, D. (2019). The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present.  Kavasch, E. B. (2005). Native Harvests: American Indian Wild Foods and Recipes. Hetzler, R. & Sandoval, N. (2010). The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook: Recipes from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Kimmerer, R. W. (2015). Braiding sweetgrass. Milkweed Editions. Mihesuah, D. A., Mihesuah, D. A., Hoover, E., & LaDuke, W. (2019). Indigenous food sovereignty in the United States: Restoring Cultural Knowledge, protecting environments, and regaining health. University of Oklahoma Press. Deloria, V. (1994). God is red: A native view of religion: The classic work updated. North American Press. Deloria, V. (1997). Red Earth, white lies: Native Americans and the myth of scientific fact. Fulcrum Publishing.

Documentaries & Podcasts

Catch the documentary Gather on Netflix for the month of November in recognition of Native American Heritage Month. Check out the trailer at: https://gather.film/watch/

The Upstander Project has produced numerous films such as Dawnland, Dear Georgina, and First Light to educate our society about the history and impacts that the child welfare system has had on Native people and their culture.

The Invention of Thanksgiving: Images & Stories of Indians Infuse American History & Contemporary Life - National Museum of the American Indian

Ending the Era of Harmful “Indian” Mascots: National Congress of American Indians

The Talking Stick: A Native American Law & Policy Podcast - National Congress of American Indians

Well For Culture: An Indigenous Wellness Initiative to Help Reclaim Health & Wellness.

All My Relations: A Podcast Focused on Native Representations in Mainstream Media.

This Land: This Podcast dives into issues that surround Tribal Law, Tribal Sovereignty, Land Rights, and Child Welfare.