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Savannah Baber Named New Coordinator for Virginia Indian Programs
Virginia Humanities announced today that Savannah Baber is serving as the new Coordinator for Virginia Indian Programs. The position, established in 2007, is responsible for working with tribal nations throughout Virginia, identifying creative opportunities for collaboration, and finding ways...
Upcoming Virginia Powwows
A powwow is a time for tribes to gather with one another and the public, providing a vibrant display of Native cultures. In Virginia, most powwows are held between May and October and are opportunities to engage with the Commonwealth’s diverse tribal nations. Tribal citizens enjoy powwows as a time...
UVA’s New Tribal Liaison Uses the Past To Understand the Present
UVA Today, by Alice Berry Kody Grant, as UVA’s first tribal liaison, will work to better bridge the gap between the University and Virginia tribes while also encouraging Native American students to pursue education at UVA.
Savannah Baber
Food Sovereignty: A Conversation with Sean "The Sioux Chef" Sherman, Amyrose Foll, and Desiree Shelley Flores
When UVA removed the George Rogers Clark statue from campus in 2021, representatives from affected Native Nations urged the university to create programs that promoted mutual exchanges of knowledge with Indigenous people. This is the first event in one of those programs. Please share widely with...
UVA’s Native American Student Union hosts its first powwow since the COVID-19 pandemic
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The University of Virginia hosted its first powwow since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Native tribes from all along the east coast came together to celebrate their culture and show that they are still here.
Eye-Catching REDdress Project Memorializes Indigenous Women
UVA Today, by Alice Berry , vfu6kd@virginia.edu . The REDress Project, launched in 2010 by the mixed-ancestry Métis artist Jamie Black, honors Indigenous victims in the United States and Canada. REDress has been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institutes’ National Museum of the American Indian, the...
Artist Talk with Jaime Black-Morsette, creator of the REDress Project
Join artist Jaime Black-Morsette, creator of the REDress Project, in conversation with UVA professor Kasey Jernigan, for a discussion of the REDress Project and Black-Morsette's work to raise awareness and seek justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit people. Join on...