Justice, Equity, and Belonging:
Resources to Support Indigenous Allyship
If you arrived at this page, it’s likely that you are attending an ECCLA event and scanned the QR Code following the land acknowledgement. Thank you for your curiosity and your willingness to learn more! To be meaningful and effective allies, we must commit to proactive and continuous learning. We hope this page helps you explore Indigenous history, cultures, and perspectives while reflecting on your role in fostering respect, equity, and inclusion. Thank you for joining us on this journey of learning and allyship!
- Indigenous Tribes of Colorado (American Library Association)
- Long Before Denver Was Here, Nearly 50 Native American Tribes Called the Front Range Home (John Daley, NPR)
- Sand Creek Massacre (National Park Service)
- Southern Ute Cultural Events (Southern Ute Tribe)
- The History and Culture of the Cheyenne Tribe (Native Hope)
- Ute Mountain Bear Dance (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: Charting Our Path (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: Culture is Our Strength (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
- Ute Mountain Ute Tribe: We Are Nuchu (Ute Mountain Ute Tribe)
First Nations Development Institute
First Nations Development Institute is a nonprofit organization that assists Native American tribes, their communities, and Native nonprofits in economic development by providing technical assistance, training, policy, and the awarding of grants. Public education is another area of focus.
Spirit of the Sun is an Indigenous-led nonprofit based in Denver, CO with the mission of empowering Native communities through youth-focused work.
- 4 Ways to Practice Better Social Media Activism and Allyship (Darren Griffin, Planoly)
- 6 Native Leaders On What It Would Look Like if the U.S. Kept its Promises (Rory Taylor, Vox)
- 100 Ways to Support – Not Appropriate From – Native People (Simon Moya-Smith, Vox)
- Acknowledgment the Land That We Are On (Kadisha Aburub, Sender One)
- How the U.S. Stole Thousands of Native American Children (Ranjani Chakraborty, Vox)
- Indigenous Ally Toolkit (RÉSEAU Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network)
- Land Acknowledgment (Northwestern)
- Long Before Denver Was Here, Nearly 50 Native American Tribes Called the Front Range Home (John Daley, NPR)
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Crisis (Bureau of Indian Affairs)
- So You Begin Your Event with an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement: Now What? (Chloe Veltman, NPR)
- Tribal Nations and the United States: An Introduction (National Congress of American Indians)
All My Relations is a podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another.
This series sees Horn’s own daughter navigating the discussion, offering listeners an intimate peek into the life and times of one of Turtle Island’s most vocal Indigenous women: Kahentinehtha Horn.
Change makers from across Canada celebrate Indigenous voices and cultures as they share the stories of First Peoples and the land. Indigenous 150+ is dedicated to celebrating first nations, Métis and Inuit voices.
Let’s Talk Native with John Kane (Indigenous voices and culture, social and cultural issues)
The show has one function and that is to provide a forum for Native issues, both local and national.
A current affairs podcast from the Indigenous perspective.
An Indigenous owned + operated current affairs podcast.
Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo
In the 1970s, Cleo was taken by child welfare workers and adopted in the U.S. Her family, who has been searching for her since, was told she was murdered. Host Connie Walker helps the family unravel the mystery.
Canada is facing a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. TAKEN the Podcast investigates these tragic stories from across the country, and links together clues that might one day bring these cases to justice.
The Red Nation Podcast features discussions on Indigenous history, politics, and culture from a left perspective.
Hosted by Rebecca Nagle, Oklahoma journalist and citizen of Cherokee Nation, This Land traces how a cut and dry homicide opened up an investigation into the treaty rights of five Native American tribes. The podcast discusses various Native issues such as land rights, sovereignty issues, and the Indian Child Welfare Act.
The Toasted Sister Podcast is a show about Indigenous food.
Vanished: A Native American Epidemic
All around the country, many Native families are not whole. Whether their loved one is missing or murdered, many questions remain unanswered. This podcast will review several cases in the Northwestern region of the country, speak to family members of these victims, and examine some other factors that affect this ongoing problem.
Up and Vanished: The Disappearance of Ashley Loring Heavyrunner
This season of Up and Vanished investigates the disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner, a 20-year Indigenous woman who vanished from the Blackfeet Nation Indian Reservation in 2017.
Up and Vanished: The Disappearance of Florence Okpealuk
Up and Vanished travels to the subarctic town of Nome, Alaska to investigate the disappearance of 33-year-old Florence Okpealuk and face the grim reality of the high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people in the United States, specifically Native Alaskans.
Tribal youth creating an outlet to express opinions, voice ideas and concerns, and share stories that have been, until now, untold. By listening to the voices of our ancestors, we are reclaiming our narrative and preserving our way of life. Join us on our journey!
- #HonorNativeLand (US Department of Arts and Culture)
- A Conversation with Native Americans on Race (The New York Times)
- Are Most Land Acknowledgements Performative? (TVO Today)
- Beyond Land Acknowledgement (Native Governance Center)
- How to Be an Ally for Indigenous Peoples (I Follow the Leader)
- Summer 2023 Honor Native Land Network Gathering and Online Concert (US Department of Arts and Culture)
- The Navajo Water Lady (CBS Sunday Morning)
- What If The U.S. Honored Its Native Treaties? (General Knowledge)
- Native Hope (Nonprofit organization supporting Indigenous communities)
- Native Land Map (Interactive map that shows the name of the Indigenous communities upon whose land you live on and the current U.S. name for them)
- Native News Online (News publication covering issues affecting Indigenous people)
- Reclaiming Native Truth (National effort to foster cultural, social and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility and the dominant narratives that limit Native opportunity, access to justice, health and self-determination.)
- Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian: Teaching & Learning about Native Americans (Guidance for educators about teaching children about Indigenous history and culture)
- Zinn Education Project: Teaching People’s History (Guidance for educators about teaching children about Indigenous history and culture)