Navajo scholars and advocates spoke about their professional and personal experiences preserving Navajo cultural heritage in an event organized by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology that featured Cynthia Wilson, a fellow at the Religion and Public Life program at Harvard Divinity School, and Wade Campbell, an assistant professor of archaeology and anthropology at Boston University.

Artist and Mashpee Wampanoag tribal member Ramona Peters is very crafty with her hands. So much so that she has completed everything from detailed artifact reproductions to stunning artistic commissions, with materials including wood, metal, leather, and even porcupine quills.... Read more about New Artwork Brings ‘Living Indigenous Presence’ to Harvard Divinity School

Celebrated by Italian immigrants in the United States since 1792, Columbus Day became a federal holiday in 1937 to commemorate the "arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas." The explorer’s reputation has darkened in recent years as scholars have focused more attention on the killings and other atrocities he committed against Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean.... Read more about Pushing to End Myth of Columbus, Honor History of Indigenous Peoples

This monthly public series, convened by Dean David N. Hempton of HDS, brings together a cross-disciplinary RPP Working Group of faculty, experts, students, and alumni from across Harvard University and the local area to explore topics and cases in religions and the practice of peace. This meeting concerned indigenous guardianship and culture with intersections of nature and peace.... Read more about Video: Indigenous Guardianship, Nature, and Peace