Tag: Indigenous Communities
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Forging partnerships for biodiversity education
Students living in rural and tribal communities are surrounded by a remarkable range of biodiversity: Grasses, flowers and wildlife are centerpieces of these youths’ lives. A display at the Fort Washakie School and Community Library located in Fort Washakie, Wyoming, part of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The library primarily serves the Eastern Shoshone Native…
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Uniting around a shared history
Nearly 150 years ago, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe was forced to relocate from southeast Nebraska to Oklahoma. Today, Nebraskans are welcoming back the tribal nation. Margaret Jacobs, director of Nebraska’s Center for Great Plains Studies, and Christina Faw Faw Goodson, an Otoe-Missouria educator, historian and cultural linguist, co-lead a multifaceted project aiming to reconnect Otoe-Missourians with…