Description: For many Native students and staff, school can be challenging. With roots in settler colonialism, schools today do not reflect the traditional pedagogies and methodologies employed by Native people for thousands of years. Join Wôpanâak educators as they introduce an array of best practices for approaching indigenous content, working with Native students, and building relationships with sovereign tribal communities. Participants will learn about and discuss multiple pedagogies and methodologies grounded in Indigenous practices and traditions. Exploring epistemologies thousands of years old, this workshop aims to prepare participants to best support Native students, staff, and community members.  

Duration: 2 Hours

Description: What does it mean to be happy? To be well? These are questions that all human beings seek answers to. In this workshop we engage in dialogue around the notion of happiness and well-being, their interconnections, and how these concepts are manifested historically and contemporarily in Wampanoag culture. Having lived in the region for over 12,000 years, Wampanoag people have developed sophisticated systems of medicinal, spiritual, emotional, and social well-being. We discuss this legacy in this workshop, as we also explore what participants do and want to do to seek out wellness and happiness. Participants will leave feeling more informed about concepts of well-being and happiness in Wampanoag culture.

Duration: 1 Hour (Can Adjust to Class Times)

COMING SOON!
Description: It is critical to understand the land and waterways around you, and what has brought you to this place. Nôepe and Nâtucket are both Wôpanâak homelands and have been for thousands of years. In this workshop, participants will learn about that land and the waterways that both snake through it and surround us. This workshop will provide a Wampanoag history and future of the islands. As the two islands are explored, learn about the names they carry and their potential meanings. This workshop aims to dispel myths and misunderstandings of land ownership/use, Wampanoag history, continued existence, and more. Participants will also be discussing tribal sovereignty over these lands and waterways, and how that sovereignty has been maintained over time.

Duration: 1 Hour (Can Adjust to Class Times)