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Decolonizing Our Diets: Plant-Based Wellness & ItalityNM

A person stands in front of prepared ingredients in a kitchen.

November 27, 2020 – Native Americans have long been cultivators of the surrounding landscape for sustenance. Recent movements across the country and in New Mexico seek to return to Indigenous food systems and best practices for not only individual health benefits, but the wellness of tribal communities and the Earth. As the holiday season approaches,…

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Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reading: Indian School Night Song Blues

Joy Harjo: Indian School Night Song Blues

November 27, 2020 – Joy Harjo is only the second person to be appointed to a third term as the nation’s poet laureate. She was also the first-ever Native American appointed to the post. In this discussion and performance from fall of 2019, Harjo reads her poem “Indian School Night Song Blues.” Harjo went to…

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