2023年9月26日
赌钱app可以微信提现 Professor Tai Edwards helps keep sacred rock project rolling
赌钱app可以微信提现’s 堪萨斯研究所 (KSI) and its director, Tai爱德华兹, have been an integral part of a two-phase project to return Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe (translated "sacred red rock") to the Kaw Nation.
”This project is a model for how communities can engage with histories of colonization and engage directly with tribal nations,爱德华兹说. “这是遣返的一个例子, where not only Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe will return to the Kaw Nation, 但法律公民, 学者, artists and community members work together to educate the public about Kanza 历史 and tribal nation sovereignty.”
The sizable red rock is a 28-ton Sioux Quartzite Glacial Erratic that was pushed by glaciers in the last ice age to the 堪萨斯 River, 特库姆塞附近, 堪萨斯. The rock remained there for thousands of years and was part of the Kaw Nation (also known as Kanza) sacred prayer chart.
The Kanza people were repeatedly displaced from their land by the U.S. 政府允许移民拥有土地. This led to shrinking reservations and a final expulsion from 堪萨斯 to Oklahoma in the 1870s.
Between the sacred rock and a historical hard place
In 1929, 劳伦斯市, 使用铁路起重机, 太k Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe out of the 堪萨斯 River and placed the rock in Robinson Park, at the north end of downtown near the river bridge, with a plaque commemorating the town's founders. Even though it was documented at the time in local newspapers and other sources that Kanza people had a sacred relationship with Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, the Kanza people were not mentioned on the rock or in the park.
In 2021, the Kaw Nation formally asked 劳伦斯市 and Douglas County governments to return Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe. Lawrence and Douglas County apologized for taking Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe and agreed to an unconditional return.
Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe has now been moved out of Robinson Park and will be placed in storage while infrastructure is built in the Kaw Nation-owned Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park near Council Grove, 堪萨斯.
从罗宾逊公园搬过来
在项目的第一阶段, surrounding community members were educated on the research on Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe and how it ended up in Robinson Park. Edwards assisted in writing about the research and documented the project's activities.
第二阶段包括 Mellon Grant-funded Sacred Red Rock project. 爱德华兹与C. 霍夫曼(劳·西提安饰)和杰伊·约翰逊, of a book that will feature pieces written by the co-editors, as well as other partners and artists about the rematriation project. They are currently working with authors and writing pieces for the text. 这本书预计将于2025年出版.
过去留在教室里
霍夫曼和爱德华兹也写过 课程 about the project, which Edwards has used in her 赌钱app可以微信提现 历史类.
“My students have thoroughly enjoyed learning about Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe and especially hearing Kaw elder Curtis Kehkahbah explain the Kaw relationship to this sacred red rock,爱德华兹说. “Students and the public are hungry for more information about indigenous histories and lives in 堪萨斯. One of our goals on this project was to create more resources that instructors could easily use in classrooms and that students would find accessible, 吸引人并最终提供信息.”
As part of a statewide initiative coordinated by the 堪萨斯 State Department of Education, Edwards also conducted presentations to middle schoolers and elementary schoolers in Lawrence about Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe, ,包括 互动活动指引(PDF). Another research topic students covered was Charles Robinson, the state's first governor and for whom the park where Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe resided is named.
Edwards is part of a collaboration to improve American Indian education across the state of 堪萨斯. She’s also continuing KSI’s involvement with the 金达罗遗址项目 基金会保存工作.