JOURNEY the LEGACY
Circle Legacy Center - 2011 Projects
HONOR AND HEALING OUR FIRST NATIONS' PEOPLES CAMPAIGN
The focus of this campaign is to support and create a growing movement of religious and educational organizations towards rebalancing the past with Native Americans with specific actions such as publicly disavowing the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and advocating for the adoption of the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights by the United States and a formal acknowledgment by the United States Government for the inhuman treatment of the children of the Boarding Schools.
On October 9th, 2010, Circle Legacy Center helped organize with a committee of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (composed of Mennonite, Amish, Quaker, and Presbyterian church members, Native Americans and Lancaster county residents) a "Public Acknowledgement and Commemoration of Native American Legacy" Ceremony in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hundreds of people attended this event, and there was much media coverage.
Circle Legacy Center intends to continue to work with this Honor and Healing Committee.
Roundtable
On October 10th, 2010, Circle Legacy Center Held a Roundtable at Millersville University. Over thirty people attended including tribal leaders from the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Delaware Tribe of Indians, and representatives from Mennonite, Presbyterian, and Quaker religious organizations as well as other Native Americans and community people. The topics for discussion included: Native American and Tribal issues and concerns, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Carlisle Indians School. Short Terms goals for working together were discussed.
Circle Legacy Center will continue to have ongoing Roundtable Discussions with Native Americans in the region to discuss their issues and concerns, and work together to resolve them.
LONG HOUSE PROJECT
www.lmhs.org/Home/Get_Involved/Lancaster_Roots_300
The Circle Legacy Center has partnered with the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society to build a replica of a residential long house for educational purposes.
ESTABLISHING A NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND EDUCATION OFFICE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Circle Legacy Center is working to establish a cultural and educational office hub on several college campus grounds in order to provide a unique and dynamic educational environment for students and faculty, enhance the present campus Native American studies and cultural programs, and support and empower Indigenous peoples and their communities, locally, nationally and internationally.
Working with college faculty and departments, Circle Legacy Center would help facilitate "real life" learning studies, research projects and internships for the college students that would support Circle Legacy Center Projects and benefit Indigenous peoples and their communities and culture.
LOCAL MONTHLY GATHERINGS - NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PERFORMANCES
Every 2nd Friday of the month, 6:30 - 9 PM
Community Mennonite Church - 328 W. Orange St, Lancaster, PA
EASTERN WOODLAND PATHWAYS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE TROUPE
Troupe does Eastern Woodland Indian interactive education, art, dance, and music (hands out rattles, drums, etc. to kids in audience). Circle Legacy Center plans to promote this Troupe through events and performances. Contact: Mike Salamh, Jr., CLC Board Member - 717-449-1335.
RETURN TO THE EARTH
The Return to the Earth project supports Native Americans in burying unidentifiable ancestral remains now scattered across the United States and enables a process of education and reconciliation between Native and Non-Native peoples.
Collection of the skulls and other remains of Native Americans have ended up in displays as well as on dusty shelves and in forgotten drawers in depositories, museums, and universities across the country. No other ethos in America would tolerate such disrespect for their ancestors. This is blasphemous to any culture.
In 1990, Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, requiring the return of human remains and sacred objects to Native American tribes and nations from which they came. Yet today over 110,000 remains continue to be held captive.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental support is interconnected with the issues affecting indigenous people locally, nationally and globally. Circle Legacy Center will continue to network and work with local sustainable and environmental groups dealing with environmental issues and concerns.
HONOR AND HEALING OUR FIRST NATIONS' PEOPLES CAMPAIGN
The focus of this campaign is to support and create a growing movement of religious and educational organizations towards rebalancing the past with Native Americans with specific actions such as publicly disavowing the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and advocating for the adoption of the UN Declaration of Indigenous Rights by the United States and a formal acknowledgment by the United States Government for the inhuman treatment of the children of the Boarding Schools.On October 9th, 2010, Circle Legacy Center helped organize with a committee of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (composed of Mennonite, Amish, Quaker, and Presbyterian church members, Native Americans and Lancaster county residents) a "Public Acknowledgement and Commemoration of Native American Legacy" Ceremony in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Hundreds of people attended this event, and there was much media coverage.
Circle Legacy Center intends to continue to work with this Honor and Healing Committee.
Roundtable
On October 10th, 2010, Circle Legacy Center Held a Roundtable at Millersville University. Over thirty people attended including tribal leaders from the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape, Delaware Tribe of Indians, and representatives from Mennonite, Presbyterian, and Quaker religious organizations as well as other Native Americans and community people. The topics for discussion included: Native American and Tribal issues and concerns, the Doctrine of Discovery, and Carlisle Indians School. Short Terms goals for working together were discussed.
Circle Legacy Center will continue to have ongoing Roundtable Discussions with Native Americans in the region to discuss their issues and concerns, and work together to resolve them.
LONG HOUSE PROJECT
www.lmhs.org/Home/Get_Involved/Lancaster_Roots_300
The Circle Legacy Center has partnered with the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society to build a replica of a residential long house for educational purposes.
ESTABLISHING A NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL AND EDUCATION OFFICE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES
Circle Legacy Center is working to establish a cultural and educational office hub on several college campus grounds in order to provide a unique and dynamic educational environment for students and faculty, enhance the present campus Native American studies and cultural programs, and support and empower Indigenous peoples and their communities, locally, nationally and internationally.
Working with college faculty and departments, Circle Legacy Center would help facilitate "real life" learning studies, research projects and internships for the college students that would support Circle Legacy Center Projects and benefit Indigenous peoples and their communities and culture.
LOCAL MONTHLY GATHERINGS - NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PERFORMANCES
Every 2nd Friday of the month, 6:30 - 9 PM
Community Mennonite Church - 328 W. Orange St, Lancaster, PA EASTERN WOODLAND PATHWAYS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE TROUPE
Troupe does Eastern Woodland Indian interactive education, art, dance, and music (hands out rattles, drums, etc. to kids in audience). Circle Legacy Center plans to promote this Troupe through events and performances. Contact: Mike Salamh, Jr., CLC Board Member - 717-449-1335.
RETURN TO THE EARTH
The Return to the Earth project supports Native Americans in burying unidentifiable ancestral remains now scattered across the United States and enables a process of education and reconciliation between Native and Non-Native peoples.
Collection of the skulls and other remains of Native Americans have ended up in displays as well as on dusty shelves and in forgotten drawers in depositories, museums, and universities across the country. No other ethos in America would tolerate such disrespect for their ancestors. This is blasphemous to any culture.
In 1990, Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, requiring the return of human remains and sacred objects to Native American tribes and nations from which they came. Yet today over 110,000 remains continue to be held captive.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Environmental support is interconnected with the issues affecting indigenous people locally, nationally and globally. Circle Legacy Center will continue to network and work with local sustainable and environmental groups dealing with environmental issues and concerns.
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