Shawna Newcomb is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and is an experienced teacher in the Hanover MA Public Schools. A dynamic speaker, Shawna will share ideas for teachers, school systems and parents on how to include more Indigenous content and create a more Indigenous-conscious space in schools.

UNITED AMERICAN INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND

We Are Not Vanishing. We Are Not Conquered. We Are As Strong As Ever.

Source: http://www.uaine.org/ http://www.naicob.org/

Tribal Nations in Oklahoma Before Removal In 1803, when the United States assumed control of the area that became Oklahoma, Native peoples already inhabited the land. Wichita, Plains Apache (today’s Apache Tribe), Quapaw, and Caddo Nations were here during the Spanish and French colonial period. By the early 1800s, the Osage, Pawnee, Kiowa, Comanche, Cheyenne, and Arapaho had also migrated into the region or visited to use resources. Some Delaware, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Chickasaw, and Choctaw regularly came to hunt Oklahoma’s abundant bison, beaver, deer, and bear.

Source-Oklahoma Historical Society

2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit on November 30th and December 1st,

At the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. Building on the 2021 Summit and the progress made to strengthen our Nation-to-Nation relationships and invest record levels of resources in Tribal communities, meaningful engagement with Tribal leaders on important issues facing Tribal communities. The Summit will feature new Administration announcements and efforts to implement key policy initiatives supporting Tribal communities.

Source: US Department of the Interior

To settlers, immigrants, and homesteaders, the West was empty land. To Native Americans, it was home. Conflicts between Europeans and Native Americans were a problem long before the Homestead Act was passed in 1862. Treaties and laws like the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 had pushed many Native Americans to reservations in the West. Homesteading added another layer to this already tense situation.

Source: www.nps.gov