Beyond Land Acknowledgements

This is how we model taking action in our community

• Our executive director, Kate Yeomans, has served on the Advisory Council of the Mass. Center for Native American Awareness since 2016.
• Kate serves on planning committee for Newburyport’s Indigenous Peoples Day & Merrohawke staff volunteer to support the event, including mishoon build and launch.
• Building relationship with Ohketeau Cultural Center for projects together  
• Creating Rematriation Tuition
• Doing business with Indigenous-owned companies when possible:
  • This website was redesigned and is hosted by Obsidian, a Dine’/Navajo-owned company in Arizona.
  • Our Merrohawke t-shirts are printed in Oklahoma by Skyy Screen Printing, a family business enrolled as members of the Lenape/Delaware nation.
  • We purchase books from Birchbark Books, a native-owned and focused bookstore in Minnesota
• Engaging in faculty professional development through book readings, workshops…. and mor