OWOF Resource Guide
Native American Heritage Month Events/Planning
OWOF is partnering with the Chelsea District Library this year to plan events concerning Indigenous Peoples, both on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, October 10 and throughout the month of November, which is Native American Heritage Month. Details to come.
Beyond Land Acknowledgement Resources
Compiled by Adrienne Keene (Cherokeee Nation)
- Resource Generation Land Reparations and Solidarity Guide
- Native Governance Center “Guide to Indigenous Land Acknowledgement”
- Native Governance Center “Self Assessment”
- Native Governance Center “Voluntary Land Tax”
- Native Governance Center “Beyond Land Acknowledgement Guide”
- Beyond Land Acknowledgement in Settler Institutions--Teresa Stewart-Ambo and K. Wayne Yang
- Decolonization is not a metaphor--Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang (2012)
- College “Land Back” or Free Tuition for Native Students, Megan Redshirt-Shaw
Resources for Chelsea Region Native American History
Museums and Related Venues
- The Nokomis Cultural Heritage Center, 5153 Marsh Rd., Okemos, MI 48864
- Eddy Discovery Center, 17303 Bush Rd., Chelsea, MI 48118
- Four Must-See Native American Cultural Sites (Pure Michigan website)
Research Aids
Articles and Books
- "Native Americans in the Great Lakes Region" – MSU Article
- “Native American History in Detroit", National Park Service
- "Can Detroit return its brownfields to the indigenous sacred sites they once were?" in Bridge Magazine reprinted from Yes! Magazine
- The Indians of Washtenaw County by W.B. Hinsdale, book available online via UM library system
- Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans by Charles E. Cleland, book available through University of Mich. Press, libraries, etc.
- The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans by Charles E. Cleland, MSU and UM Libraries, also CDL
A Few Non-Michigan Resources
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States. Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, available in multiple places
- Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years, Edited by Bill Begelow and Bob Peterson, Expanded Second Edition
- Native Movement --This site devoted to advocacy for Indigenous People and healthy, sustainable, & just communities
- The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
- Nicole Mann is about to be the first Native woman in space. See the article here: INTERVIEW: Astronaut Nicole Mann is Ready to Become the First Native Woman in Space | Currents (nativenewsonline.net)
