River foliage in the Hudson Valley
Decolonizing Vassar: Living the Land Acknowledgment

Mahikannituck, the River that is never still (Hudson River): Algonquin/Lenape
Photo: Tamar M. Thibodeau

Close crop of wild bergamot plants with green leaves and purple blossoms.
Decolonizing Vassar: Living the Land Acknowledgment

Wteehaskwal (Wild Bergamot, to be found on the Vassar Farm): Stockbridge Munsee

Photo of Casperkill Creek running down the middle framed by fall foliage
Decolonizing Vassar: Living the Land Acknowledgment

Thanakonok or Pietawickquasseick (Casperkill): Wappinnee, Wapinck, Wappinge
Photo: Tamar M. Thibodeau

Events

Three feet dressed in traditionally decorated Native American moccasins.

Historical and Legal Desensitization of American Indians

Feb. 25, 2015, 5:30 p.m.

Shannon Keller O'Loughlin (Choctaw) will provide a history of United States policy in American Indian affairs that will allow students to critically analyze their own professional and personal desensitization of American Indian
peoples, their cultures, status and beliefs.