The Thanksgiving Play
Organizations Raising Native Visibilty
These are resources that are available on campus and off. We live on Indigenous land that we often do not think about and these bring it to the forefront.
This link takes you to Villanovas site and provides information to organizations on campus to promote Indigenous students well being. One of them is the The Native Indigenous Student Association (NISA) which is dedicated to honoring, educating, and celebrating the diverse experiences, cultures, and traditions of Indigenous people.The Native American & Indigenous Alumni Group at the Villanova Career Center is committed to fostering connectivity, support, and advocacy for Native American and Indigenous graduates
This website helps educate on Native American history, experience, and culture. It also allows natives with homelessness, utilities, and many more services and community events. They also have painted gorgeous murals on buildings in Philadelphia.
This website is about Indigenous Peoples Day in Philly every October 14th. They won a victory when they changed Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day. They share news and resources focused on Indigenous issues with their news members and hold a yearly event with vendors and programming that enriches those who attend with knowledge of Native culture. They created the Lenape Program Working Group to bring culturally appropriate performances to the day of cultural celebration.
A student group at the University of Pennsylvania that advocates for equity on campus creates awareness of Indigenous culture history and enhances the visibility of Native students on campus.
This website gives the history of Philadelphia from a Native viewpoint.
This website is where black, Indigenous, and women of color are center stage and tell their own stories. They connect with others across generations and create projects they are passionate about.
Content Warning: This paragraph contains references to assault and harm done against Indigenous women.
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This site helps Indigenous people connect with someone who can provide training and technical assistance, educational resources, policy development, and housing that follows Native customs and beliefs. It also uplifts grassroots advocates in Indigenous communities. One fact from the website is that Native American women suffer from violence at a 2.5 times greater rate than any other people group in America. More than 4/5 Native women have experienced violence in their lives. 1/3 will be raped, while 4/5 will experience sexual assault. On some reservations, they are killed at ten times the national average. Non-Native people commit the majority of the crimes. The website is aimed at stopping violence against Native women.
Content Warning: This paragraph contains references to assault and harm done against Indigenous women.
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Website Update: Between when I found this resource and the first rehearsal, the website and institute were temporarily closed. Hopefully, they will open up soon.
This is another site about stopping crimes against Native Women, giving matching facts that 94% of them get raped or coerced, 42% try to die by suicide if they have been raped, 34% binge drink for weeks after an attack, and out of those 94% of incidents only 8% of rape cases end in a conviction. To put that into perspective, of the 4.85 million Native American women there are in the US, 4.6 million of them are victims of rape and coercion. Yet only 365,000 of them end in a conviction.