As October opens to us, it’s a perfect time to reflect on the histories, contributions, spirituality, art, governance, and science of Indigenous, Native, and Indian Peoples. This year, Glide Memorial Church, in collaboration with Dr. Betty Parent, is lifting up practices, wisdoms, and histories for October. We join in reclaiming Columbus Day as a Day of Acknowledgement that there were people, indigenous people in the world that didn’t need discovering. We hope you’ll come to Sunday Celebration and hear the untold and untaught histories of Indigenous People and Celebrate with us that the history is still being written. And we hope you’ll revisit this page as we bring you more living oral histories from Dr. Betty each week.
Dr. Betty Parent | Bio
Resources:
Week One
Introduction
Women, Butterflies, Dragonflies, and the New Millennium
Bounties and Voting
U.S. History: Abraham Lincoln, Homestead Act, Railroad Land, and College Grants
Tribal Consciousness to the Light of Day
Week Two
Governance The Iroquois Great Law of Peace Influence on the US Constitution
WW1 Non Citizens
Education Histories
Occupation of Alcatraz
Swirls of Migration
WW2 Non-Citizens
Week Three
We Are Here and Not Going Anywhere
Modern Worship Challenges
Economics, Class, Histories of Religious Colonization
Week Four
Manifest Destiny
California Natives
Skin Color
Week Five
The Millennium Renaissance-Here Come The Anthros
The Millennium Renaissance-More Art
The Millennium Renaissance-Native Literature
The Millennium Renaissance-Youth
