RESOURCES - General History

The Other Slavery - Andrés Reséndez - 2017 - ISBN: 978-0-544-94710-8 

Native American slavery and debt peonage from 1492 to present.

   Sobering, informative, well-documented and well-written.

White Shell Water Place - F. Richard Sanchez, ed. - 2010 - ISBN: 978-0-86534-787-8

An Anthology of Native American Reflections on the 400th Anniversary of the Founding of Santa Fe,     New Mexico.

Not "A Nation of Immigrants" - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - 2021 - ISBN: 978-0-8070-5558-8

Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion

The Three-Cornered War - Megan Kate Nelson - 2020 - ISBN: 978-1-5011-5255-9

The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West

Kearny's March - Winston Groom - 2010 - ISBN: 978-0-307-45574-1

The role of Stephen Watts Kearny's expedition in the much broader context of the Mexican-American War.

New Mexico in the Mexican-American War - Ray John de Aragón - 2019 - ISBN: 978-1-4671-4131-4

Native New Mexican account of events during the Mexican-American War.

RESOURCES - Land Acknowledgement

The Land Remembers, by Paula Palmer, Friends Journal, Feb 1, 2020

We are related through the land. Wherever we live, how can we begin to acknowledge this; to celebrate it; to work toward a relationship with Native people based on truth, respect, justice, and our shared humanity? What difference would it make for the descendants of the people who first loved this land and for all the rest of us? (Paula Palmer)

https://www.friendsjournal.org/the-land-remembers-connecting-with-native-people-through-the-land/

Website for Towards High Relationships with Native Americans. Friends Peace Teams

Many text and video resources are noted, including upcoming events.

https://friendspeaceteams.org/trr/#

"So you began your event with an Indigenous land acknowledgment" .... National Public Radio. March 15, 2003 - Indigenous leaders and activists have mixed feelings about land acknowledgments. While some say they are a waste of time, others are working to make the well-meaning but often empty speeches more useful.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/15/1160204144/indigenous-land-acknowledgments#:~:text=Indigenous%20leaders%20and%20activists%20have,often%20empty%20speeches%20more%20useful

 Truth and Reconciliation and Land Acknowledgements, Canadian Friends Service Committee

We asked Ellen Gabriel, [Canadian Indigenous. Leader] how do you feel about land acknowledgments? Her insights help deepen our understanding of land and reconciliation. 

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMR_aVbiFUw

Guidance Materials found in New Mexico Examples

https://nativegov.org/news/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

https://nativegov.org/resources/beyond-land-acknowledgment-a-guide/

RESOURCES - Current Issues

Green Fire Times - Vol. 16 No. 4 - July/August 2024 - "Indigenous Solutions"

Water - Energy - Agriculture - Land Stewardship - Education - Community Development - Cultural Tourism

https://www.greenfiretimes.com/_files/ugd/1efec1_672f712e39d54b47ad91c0b61a195f3f.pdf

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT STATEMENT - (December 2024)

We are on the unceded lands of the Tewa people, other indigenous peoples, other beings, and also the traveling lands of many nations in the Rio Grande Rift Valley. We are grateful for the ongoing stewardship and contemporary and past contributions of indigenous people and others who've come before us to this land and their rights to sovereignty, respect, and safety here.

QUERIES - Land Acknowledgement Worship Sharing - 21 July 2024

1.         Language of the statement.

What do you think our full responsibility is to our Indigenous neighbors in light of the Land Acknowledgement?

2.         Recompense for historical wrongs.

As newcomers, we want to seek a different relationship with Indigenous stewards of the land where we are. What would right relationships look like?

3.         Going forward, what are we led to do as individuals and as a Meeting?

How do we help Indigenous messages get through to white communities? What forms might this take?

ACTIONS - 

 NAMED SCHOLARSHIP GIFT AGREEMENT

between

Santa Fe Friends Meeting (Quakers)

and

Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation

This named scholarship gift agreement made this 8 day of August 2024, sets

forth the entire understanding between Santa Fe Friends Meeting (Quakers) (the “Donor”)

and the Institute of American Indian Arts (“IAIA”) with respect to IAIA’s administration of the

Olive Rush Memorial Scholarship (the “Fund”).

1. Purpose of the Fund: The Fund is being established to support tuition and fees for one

student in any major.

2. Name of Scholarship. The Donor and IAIA agree the gift will be used to create the

“Olive Rush Memorial Scholarship” (the “Fund”) at IAIA.

3. Scholarship Criteria: The gift shall be used to provide scholarship assistance to one

student at IAIA in accordance with the following criteria:

a. An enrolled part- or full-time undergraduate student in any major

b. In good academic standing

c. Awarded on a financial need basis determined by FASFA application

d. To cover tuition and fees

The scholarship will be awarded by the IAIA Financial Aid Office after it has reviewed

all eligible students and selected the best candidates according to the criteria

described above. In the event a suitable candidate for the scholarship, in accordance

with the criteria set forth herein, is not found, this gift will be offered to a student who

best matches these criteria.

4. Source of the Fund: Fund will be established with a gift of $2,500 to be paid as follows:

$1,000 First year scholarship

$1,000 Second year scholarship

$ 375 Amount remaining for year 3 after 5% administrative fee applied

$ 125 IAIA Foundation 5% administrative fee

The Donor reserves the right to make additional gifts to the Fund and consents to

additional contributions to the Fund by any interested individual, corporation, foundation,

trust, estate or other legal entity through individual gift, bequest, or other gift vehicle, and

all gifts so designated shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

5. Duration of the Fund: A named scholarship fund is not perpetual. It is anticipated that

the principal and earnings of the Fund will be distributed, committed, granted or

expended, provided, however, that all such distributions, commitments, grants or

expenditures shall be in accordance with paragraph (3) above. Once all funds are

distributed the named fund will cease to exist.

6. Inadequate Funding: The amount needed to fully fund a named scholarship shall be

the amount required by IAIA on the date the scholarship is awarded. If, the value of the

Fund is less than the minimum required, after consultation with the Donor, if available,

the Fund may be merged with an existing fund whose purpose will most nearly

accomplish the Donor’s intention evidenced by the purpose described above.

7. Investment Authority: The Fund shall be invested in accordance with the investment

policies of IAIA as established by the IAIA Board of Trustees. For purposes of

investment only, the monies of this Fund may be pooled/comingled with other

endowment funds held by the IAIA Trust. At all times the Fund shall be separately

accounted for in the IAIA Trust’s books and records.

8. Administration of the Fund: The Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation is a tax-

exempt 501(c)(3) organization, EIN #32-0377684. An administrative fee of 5% shall be

applied at the time contributions are received to further advancement efforts on behalf of

IAIA and our students.

9. Reporting: Reports on performance of the Fund and use of the proceeds may be

provided annually to the Donor upon request.

10. Announcement of the Fund: To honor the Donor, and to express the appreciation of

IAIA, internal and external publicity will be made with permission of the Donor. Publicity

may include an announcement of the Fund, amount, and pertinent details.

11. Modification of Agreement: The terms and conditions of this Agreement may not be

orally amended, modified, or altered, but may be amended, modified, or altered only in

writing and signed by the Donors and the IAIA Foundation.