We encourage you to use closed captions during your presentations to enhance accessibility for all attendees. Universal Design principles support offering multiple ways to engage, and by providing text-based representations of speech, we can better accommodate those with hearing impairments as well as help mitigate any background noise or interruptions. This document provides links that can generate auto-captions within a few of the most popular presentation platforms. Curious to know more? Check out this video.
Are you looking for ways to engage with and support Indigenous communities in your area? The Native Governance Center has wonderful resources on allyship and land acknowledgements.
Are you attending the OAKE Conference In Chicago? Check out these events!
Drumming and Dancing Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, Every Tuesday and Thursday, 5-7pm, 3401 West Ainslie St
Make a donation to this local Institution that benefits the Chicago American Indian Community
Weaving Worlds: Collaborating X Communities Ninth Annual Urban Native Education Conference, March 7-8, 60 West Walton St or Zoom
Native Truths Exhibit at the Field Museum (1400 S Lake Shore Dr), permanent exhibit included in price of ticket
When you get back home...
Use Native Land Digital's searchable map of Native territories, languages and treaties to search for the relevant territories in your location
Find a pow wow near you: https://calendar.powwows.com/ ; the majority of pow-wows welcome non-native people
Sign up for Native Knowledge 360 monthly newsletter for webinars and lesson plans hosted by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian: https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360
If you're an Illinois Music Educator:
Consider joining the professional learning group: Teaching With and About Native Americans Recurring Wednesday Zoom sessions, March 19 - May 14
Keep up to date with future Chicago events: https://chicagoaicc.com/, https://cnair.northwestern.edu/about/events/, @americanindiancenter