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Native American Legislative Priorities (news item)

Native Connections It helps to belong somewhere. Belonging can be quite healing.

On Relevance (March 2021)

Native American Thanksgiving Address (library item)

Stereotyping of Native Americans Dear Editor: It was great to read about Burton and Mary Jo Housman’s recent visit to Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City in the Jan/Feb issue. Pacific Yearly Meeting has made progress in building and maintaining ties to Friends in Mexico over the last few years. Visitation between Mexico City Friends and the rest of PYM has increased, and the participation of Mexico Friends on several major committees and programs is most welcome.

On Knowing (March 2015)

American Quaker Romances (review) The scholarly study American Quaker Romances: Building the Myth of the White Christian Nation examines a relatively small subgenre of novels characterized as American Christian historical romances. The thirty-nine novels included in this book met the criteria of presenting Quaker heroines and using Quakerism in their plots. [pullquote]The book illuminates ways that Quakers have been commodified to promote specific cultural values and ideas that might not be consistent with Quakerism.[/pullquote]

On Healers (August 2023)

New Study of Native American Boarding School History (news item)

Restoration of Native Species (news item)

IMYM 2021 - Native Peoples (meeting document)

Quaker Displacement of Native Peoples (news item)

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