Stories From the Journey is no longer being updated, but we invite you to explore these posts documenting the journeys of the traveling version of the Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness exhibition and the creation, journey, and installation of the Healing Totem at the Library in Bethesda, Maryland. We also welcome…
FT. WORTH, TX—The Native Voices traveling exhibition’s visit to Tarrant County College-Southeast Campus (TCC) included three programs hosted by TCC’s Judith J. Carrier Library, including one popular session about the health of local raptors. To honor the respect of wildlife among Native Americans, TCC hosted Erich Neupert, the executive director of the Blackland Prairie Raptor…
SHIPROCK, NM – The Native Voices app with interviews of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Natives was recently featured in a program hosted by the library of one of Diné College’s campuses. In October, the Senator John Pinto Library at the Shiprock campus of Diné College celebrated the loan of iPads that feature the…
LANCASTER, PA–The Native Voices traveling exhibition was hosted at a college rich in Pennsylvania history. Franklin & Marshall College was established 229 years ago with a gift of 200 British pounds from noted Philadelphia author and statesman Benjamin Franklin. The college’s Martin Library of the Sciences welcomed the Native Voices exhibition in conjunction with several…
TEMPE, AZ – The keynote speakers at the opening of the Native Voices traveling exhibition at Arizona State University (ASU) underscored the importance of Native concepts of health, as well as the need for a health resurgence among the state’s tribes, which include the Navajo and Hopi Nations. At a public reception on September 20…
BETHESDA, MD – The return of double-hulled canoes that crossed the Pacific Ocean centuries before international sailing, steam, and motorized ships represents a restoration of Native Hawaiian health and culture, said Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society, in a speech at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in May. Thompson said one of…
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON — The Native Voices traveling exhibition’s stop at Clark College was celebrated by a blessing ceremony, a community-generated book display, and related historical exhibits. The exhibition’s opening on February 9 was led by Chinook tribal elder (and Clark alumnus) Sam Robinson as he began a blessing ceremony that featured drummers and singing. In…
LORETTO, PA – The Native Voices traveling exhibition stopped in April at Saint Francis University, one of America’s oldest Catholic universities. “[The exhibition] is an opportunity to look at culture and how it affects health decisions,” said Janie Rager, associate dean of St. Francis University’s Library, which hosted the exhibition. Brother Martin Zatsick, TOR, a…
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo welcomed the Native Voices traveling exhibition with a winter ceremony and a panel discussion. The traveling exhibition is now under the stewardship of the American Library Association (ALA). Through a competitive process, ALA selected the Health Sciences Library at the University at Buffalo as one of the initial hosts of…
WASHINGTON, DC – In its last stop under NLM’s auspices, the revised Native Voices traveling exhibition impressed ground floor visitors to the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University during the fall and winter of 2015-16. Visitors to the recently opened Milken Institute School of Public Health building were able to interact with…
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