The Guild Of Indigenous Arts

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

We're sharing this exciting opportunity, which is also focused on survival and Indigenous reconnection, as they are currently casting for a new season.

Deadline is this Thursday, good luck everyone!

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

09/17/2026

A major repatriation process is moving forward at Mesa Verde National Park.

The National Park Service has completed an inventory identifying the Native American ancestors of 85 individuals and 4,304 associated funerary objects in Mesa Verde’s possession. According to the federal NAGPRA notice, repatriation may occur on or after August 31, 2026.

The items include ceramics, baskets, sandals, matting, feather boxes, crystals, turquoise, buckskin bags, animal bones, and other belongings determined to have been placed with or near ancestors as part of death rites or ceremonies.

The notice identifies cultural affiliation with 27 Tribal Nations, including Hopi, Navajo/Diné, Pueblo, Apache, and Ute communities. Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, eligible Tribes and lineal descendants can submit formal requests for return.

Mesa Verde, located in southwest Colorado, was established in 1906 and is widely known for its Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and thousands of documented ancestral sites. Many of the ancestors and belongings now under review entered institutional collections through excavations, stabilization projects, transfers, and private donations over many decades.

NAGPRA, passed in 1990, requires federal agencies and federally funded institutions to inventory and return Native American human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony when legal requirements are met. For many Tribal communities, these processes involve cultural protocols, consultation, and careful decisions about how ancestors and belongings are received back into appropriate care.

What does the return of ancestors and their belongings mean for future generations?



Sources: The Denver Post, Federal Register

09/17/2026

600 acres of forest are back under Indigenous care.

The Six Nations Iroquois Cultural Center acquired 600 acres (243 hectares) in Onchiota, New York, expanding Haudenosaunee stewardship in the Adirondacks.

The center purchased the land from Paul Smith’s College for $1.1 million, with funding and assistance from The Nature Conservancy.

The property lies in traditional Kanien’keháka, or Mohawk, territory. The Nature Conservancy describes the acquisition as one of the largest private land returns in New York’s history.

It builds on an earlier acquisition of 330 acres (134 hectares), secured in partnership with the Adirondack Land Trust in 2022.

Together, these lands will support the cultural center’s expansion, Haudenosaunee gatherings, and opportunities to learn Indigenous ecological knowledge directly on the land.

The forest will also provide a home for the Native Earth Program, which brings Indigenous high school students together to strengthen their connections to the Earth and develop environmental leadership skills.

For cultural center director David Fadden, the acquisition continues a mission that began with the organization’s founding in 1954.

He described the land as a classroom where Native and non-Native students can learn for generations to come. His explanation centers on the Haudenosaunee responsibility to consider the seventh generation when making decisions today.

That means caring for land with the future availability of clean air, water, and healthy ecosystems in mind.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, founding director of SUNY ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, welcomed the return as a step toward land justice and an opportunity to restore relationships between Indigenous youth and their traditional homelands.

The purchase brings more than forest acreage under Indigenous stewardship. It creates space for young people to learn how to care for that land and carry the knowledge forward.

Learn more:
"Landback: 600 Acres Return to Indigenous Stewardship in the Adirondacks." Native News Online

09/17/2026

Each year on the lawn at the Survivors' Secretariat office, Memorial 105 stands as a place of remembrance, reflection, and honour for the children who died while attending the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School.

Created by the Survivors' Secretariat Outreach and Wellness team, the installation features 105 feathers arranged within two drum circles with a drumstick. Each feather represents a child, a story, a family, and a place within the community. Together, the feathers ensure that these children are seen, remembered, and held within the circle.

At the center of the display, the inner circle represents the drum, the heartbeat of the people. It honours Elders and Survivors, their lived experiences, teachings, truths, and knowledge that continue to guide future generations. Surrounding it, the outer circle represents protection and our collective responsibility to care for our Elders, Survivors, children, knowledge, and the generations yet to come.

The drumstick symbolizes the voice of the drum. When the drum is heard, its heartbeat carries outward, sharing truths that must continue to be remembered and passed forward.

Memorial 105 reminds us that remembrance is an act of responsibility. By listening to Survivor truths, honouring the children, protecting the knowledge of our Elders, and sharing these teachings with future generations, we help ensure that these children are never forgotten.

Memorial 105 will remain on display throughout the month of September.

105 feathers. 105 children. Held within the circle. Remembered by the people. 🧡

09/17/2026

Introducing Dean George, Dean George III is an Oneida musician, currently based in Windsor, ON. He has attended Fanshawe College in London, ON, where he has studied Music industry arts. Dean has recorded and produced songs for his own numerous projects as well as for other people - primarily under his own name, performing live and on the live streaming website, twitch, as well as under the name of EVL, an enduring Windsor hard rock band.
In 2022, he released his debut solo album, The Fear, and is working on writing and producing a follow-up, to be released incrementally throughout the coming years.