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What makes a place sacred? And how do we protect the sacred? At the Institute of American Indian Arts, a groundbreaking course is exploring these questions and searching for answers.
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Protecting the Sacred: Cultural Preservation Through Multidimensional Approaches
Navajo Technical University is incorporating traditional knowledge about sacred sites into a wide array of curricular and research initiatives.
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Squaring the Circle: Reinventing Northern Cheyenne Resource Management in the Digital Age
The Ecoregional Ethnographic Assessment project at Chief Dull Knife College illuminates how Native nations and federal agencies can collaborate to preserve and protect sacred places.
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Sacred Places of the Mniwakan Oyanke
Traditional Dakota stories about Spirit Lake, Devil’s Tooth, and Heart Hill showcase how certain places are embodied with wakan.
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Arcing Toward Justice
As Indian Country’s great thinktank, tribal colleges are ideally suited to discover new avenues and develop novel approaches to protect sacred places.
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Connecting to Our Sacred Homelands As We Move Forward
TCJ’s advisory board chair introduces our fall issue and shares his insights on Muscogee sacred places.
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Sacred Ceremonies in Unsacred Places
Indigenous ceremonies contain centuries of wisdom and knowledge. We should be mindful of their power and how they may impact our emotional, spiritual, and mental well-being.
