— Darren E. Lone Fight, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
Walnut trees occur only very rarely in New England forests as is also true on Long Island Massachusett Mystick deliberately planted the walnut trees— Ninian R. Stein, Environmental Studies & Department of Anthropology
They should direct us to learn about contemporary efforts for Wôpanâak languageresurrection and Mashpee Wampanoag struggles to hold land collectively. research and teaching on Palestine— Amahl Bishara, Department of Anthropology, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
ongoing structure we are collectively silent on issues of land acknowledgement 72% of Native Americans— Julian Agyeman, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
As a family historian, I have written about my black and Creek (Mvskoke) ancestors, and the importance of familial and communal knowledge. Black and Native New England our students travel to sites and explore the lesser-known enslavement of Native Americans alongside African Americans In modern landscapes everywhere people persist in asking, ‘What happened here?’ The answers they supply … should not be taken lightly, for what people make of their places is closely connected to what they make of themselves…— Kendra Taira Field, Department of History, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
Anishinaabe scholar Leanne Betasamosake Simpson “land is pedagogy.” The new NAIS minor and the departmentalization of the study of Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora— Lily Mengesha, Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora
On this very land, settlers fought wars of colonization against the Indigenous, including the 1677 war that claimed more lives as a portion of population than any other direct conflict on American soil, as Native author Paul Chaat Smith writes. "survivance,” to use Gerald Vizenor’s word— Kris Manjapra, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, and Department of History
