{"id":211550,"date":"2022-10-14T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/?p=211550"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:47:29","slug":"celebrating-indigenous-peoples-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/2022\/10\/14\/celebrating-indigenous-peoples-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair State University celebrated Indigenous Peoples Day on October 10 with a special on-campus event that not only highlighted thriving Indigenous cultures, but also showcased the institution\u2019s commitment to creating hands-on learning opportunities that make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Montclair welcomed the Red Blanket Singers of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe of New Jersey for a special performance as part of the early evening event, which also served as the formal unveiling of the University\u2019s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/religion\/programs-of-study\/native-american-indigenous-studies-minor\/\">Native American and Indigenous Studies minor<\/a>\u00a0and Montclair\u2019s formal Land Acknowledgement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-02.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"woman in blue shirt in front of crowd of onlookers\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-02.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-03.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"woman in blue shirt at podium\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-03.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students from Montclair\u2019s new course \u201cIntroduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies\u201d read the Land Acknowledgement to begin the event, which also featured remarks from President Jonathan Koppell and recent alumna and Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape member Brianna Dagostino \u201921.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-04.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-04.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brianna Dagostino \u201921 (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape) offers reflections on the significance of Indigenous Peoples Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-05.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"man in white shirt at podium\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-05.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Department of Anthropology Chairperson and Native American and Indigenous Studies Co-Director Chrisopher Matthews welcomes the attendees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-06.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-06.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-07.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"man in purple shirt with microphone\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-07.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urie Ridgeway, emcee for the Red Blanket Singers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-08.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Koppell\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-08.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Montclair President Jonathan Koppell addresses the audience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-09.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Man performing dance with hoops\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-09.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Red Blanket Singers participate in traditional tribal dances.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-10.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-10.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-11.jpg.4.2x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/10\/2022-10-11_ipd-11.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>To see more photos, go to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montclairstateuniversity.smugmug.com\/2022\/101022-Indigenous-Peoples-Day\/\">gallery<\/a>. Photos by University Photographer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=petersm\">Mike Peters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Montclair unveils Land Acknowledgement and new academic programming, welcomes tribes as part of on-campus event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":211551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-76_alumni-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211550"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211556,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211550\/revisions\/211556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}