Event Recap: False Narratives: Understanding Contemporary Native concerns, including harmful images, and why change matters

Representatives from Native communities and tribal serving organizations make the case for revamping school mascots, the state seal and flag, and addressing other important issues necessary to strengthen the fabric of Massachusetts and its Indigenous communities.

Representatives from Native communities and tribal serving organizations make the case for revamping school mascots, the state seal and flag, and addressing other important issues necessary to strengthen the fabric of Massachusetts and its Indigenous communities.

With Nichol Brewer-Lowry, MSc, Boston Site Director, Native American Lifelines, Melissa Ferretti, Chairwoman, Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, J. Cedric Woods, PhD, Director, Institute for New England Native American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Tara Mayes, GBH Associate Communications Director, is the facilitator of the discussion.

This virtual program is supported by: Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Institute for New England Native American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Native American Lifelines, Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band, City of Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, the Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness, and MassHumanities.