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Thanksgiving 2.0 #2019: Indigenous Resilience – Toolkits Inspired by Standing Rock

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:15:41 +0000

Thanksgiving 2.0 #2019: Indigenous Resilience – Toolkits Inspired by Standing Rock Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/22/2019 - 10:15

And if we cannot protect the sacred, then what is going to be left for the next seven generations? We must ensure our children and show them that when we say we take care of the Earth and the environment, that we really will do that.”
—Pua Case, Mauna Kea protector

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
—Sitting Bull

Standing Rock school. Image from Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Owáyawa, Defenders of the Water School

On November 1, 2019, in North Dakota a rupture in the Keystone pipeline leaked 383,000 gallons of crude oil in a rural wetland. This spill comes exactly one year after the Standing Rock Sioux tribe renewed their lawsuit against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in November 2018. The actions of water protectors to stop the DAPL has extensive reach, connecting in solidarity with other Indigenous communities that are peacefully protecting their land and sacred sites to ensure a future for us all.

Similarities from Standing Rock in 2016 continue today. These issues parallel environmental and Indigenous concerns throughout the region, nation and world––: from Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, ––where the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) construction continued in spite of Indigenous water protectors and other residents pending legal challenges and threats to the United Houma Nation’s drinking water––to the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ––where the Gwich’in Nation is fighting to protect their lands and caribou from pipelines and oil development. In summer 2019, the Standing Rock Sioux tribal members also gathered at the DAPL epicenter to show solidarity with Native Hawaiians, who are protecting Mauna Kea.

Background for CDE’s Toolkits

The toolkit was originally created in 2016 by Executive Committee Member and Associate Professor Phaedra Pezzullo. Since then, CDE Associate Director and Assistant Professor Tiara R. Na'puti has revisited the online toolkit annually to continue to help parents, educators and advocates talk with children about the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy and other issues that impact the ways of life of Indigenous and local people. In 2019, this effort is supported by an IMPART Award aimed at Teaching Indigenous Resilience Through Toolkits, to engage cCommunication sStudies curriculum with Native American and Indigenous Studies and deepen investigations about communication, culture, environment, climate change and resilience.

2019 Toolkit Projects

Students enrolled in Na'puti’s Rhetorical Criticism course within the Department of Communication at ��Ҵ�ý�ƽ�� created toolkits on topics of their choosing. These toolkits communicate about expansive issues of Indigenous resilience.

View CDE and student-created toolkits

The materials include talking points, conversation guides, activities and resources that cover a range of issues such as climate change, sacred land, cultural appropriation and mascots (to name a few). These toolkits also provide resources for Indigenous and environmental groups working in solidarity with Standing Rock and other places like Mauna Kea and the Philippines where people continue to protect land, water and ensure a brighter future for coming generations.

The Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement hopes that more parents, educators, and students will expand these resources, which are meant as a springboard for education and activities with youth and other audiences to foster dialogue about issues at Standing Rock and places with ongoing environmental concerns. These materials also encourage dialogue about the meaning of Thanksgiving and the theme of Indigenous resilience.

…I would really like us all to do our part, beyond Native American Heritage Month.”
—Winona LaDuke

“We are all very much committed to standing in solidarity to protect what we have.
—Cherri Foytlin

We have a very close relationship to our relatives, because we are both standing for what is sacred: water. We are standing for the water from our mountain, and they, of course, are standing for their water.”
—Pua Case, on similarities from Mauna Kea and Standing Rock

“The coastal plain is sacred to the Gwich’in people and critical to our food security and way of life. It is no place for destructive seismic testing or oil rigs and pipelines.
—Bernadette Demientieff, executive director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee.

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Thanksgiving 2.0 #2018: Continuously Inspired by Standing Rock

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 18:10:13 +0000

Thanksgiving 2.0 #2018: Continuously Inspired by Standing Rock Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 11/12/2018 - 11:10

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children," —Sitting Bull

On Nov. 1, 2018, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe renewed their lawsuit against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). In light of the continued efforts to address environmental impacts of pipelines and with related news of the deaths of two individuals who worked on the Dakota Access pipeline, critical attention is turning toward the dangers associated with building pipelines and the fact that these jobs are among the deadliest in the U.S. The actions of water protectors to stop the DAPL also reaches to Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin where the Bayou Bridge Pipeline (BBP) construction continues in spite of pending legal challenges and threats to the United Houma Nation’s drinking water. These issues in North Dakota and Louisiana parallel environmental concerns throughout the region, nation, and world.

CDE Executive Committee Member and Assistant Professor Tiara R. Na'puti has revisited the online toolkit made to help parents, educators and advocates talk with children about the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy and other issues that impact the ways of life of indigenous and local people.

The toolkit was originally created in 2016 by Executive Committee Member and Associate Professor Phaedra Pezzullo. This year, Na'puti revisited the topic in hopes of reminding people to have more compelling conversations, making Thanksgiving relevant to contemporary environmental events and honoring the best of the holiday season. A more expansive component of these materials has been created in conjunction with seniors enrolled in Na'puti’s Rhetoric Seminar course within the Department of Communication at ��Ҵ�ý�ƽ��.

By clicking this link to Thanksgiving 2.0 #2018, you can access and download several files that comprise an expansive toolkit. The resources include talking points, conversation guides, activities and resources that cover a range of issues such as the environment, land, recreation, and mascots. These materials also provide resources for indigenous and environmental groups working in solidarity with Standing Rock and other places where people continue to protect land, water, and insure a brighter future for coming generations.

"...I would really like us all to do our part, beyond Native American Heritage Month” —Winona LaDuke

"We are all very much committed to standing in solidarity to protect what we have” —Cherri Foytlin

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Thanksgiving 2.0 #2017: Inspired by Standing Rock

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:48:11 +0000

Thanksgiving 2.0 #2017: Inspired by Standing Rock Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 11/17/2017 - 16:48

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."—Sitting Bull

In light of the current pipeline leaks in South Dakota, two BoulderTalks Executive Committee members, Associate Professor Phaedra Pezzullo and Assistant Professor Tiara R. Na’puti, have revisited their online toolkit to help parents, educators and advocates talk with children about the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy. Pezzullo and Na'puti are revisiting this topic in hopes of reminding people to have more compelling conversations this holiday season, making Thanksgiving relevant to contemporary environmental events and honoring the best of the holiday season.

By clicking these links, you can download three files: a list of Thanksgiving talking points, a resource list for schools and educators and a Boulder area resource list of indigenous and environmental groups working in solidarity with Standing Rock. BoulderTalks hopes more parents and educators will expand the resources, which are meant as a springboard for education and activities with youth to foster dialogue about Standing Rock and the meaning of Thanksgiving.

“…I would really like us all to do our part, beyond Native American Heritage Month” —Winona LaDuke

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Thanksgiving 2.0: Inspired by Standing Rock

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 18:01:30 +0000

Thanksgiving 2.0: Inspired by Standing Rock Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/09/2016 - 11:01

"Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children."—Sitting Bull

In coordination with the Standing Rock Water Protectors School, CDE (formerly BoulderTalks) executive committee members Prof. Pezzullo and Prof. Naputi created an online toolkit to help parents, educators, and advocates talk with children about the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, in order to make Thanksgiving relevant to contemporary events and honor the best of the holiday.

By clicking these links, you can download three files: Standing Rock Thanksgiving talking points, Standing Rock school fundraising and resources, and a local Boulder resource list of indigenous and environmental groups working in solidarity with Standing Rock. CDE hopes more parents and educators will expand the resources, which are meant as a springboard for education and activities with youth to foster dialogue about Standing Rock and the meaning of Thanksgiving.

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