Supported by the Mellon Foundation “Humanities for All Times” initiative.
Written by the Rethinking Place team.
The Importance of Herbal Medicine in Black and Indigenous Communities By Talaya Robinson-Dancy Disclaimer: It is important that you do not attempt herbal abortions without assistance from a professional, training, or without the understanding of how it will interact with your body. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a resurgence in the use and interest…
The Friends of the Indian Conferences hosted at the resort shaped American policy toward Native peoples by Rethinking Place Post Baccalaureate Fellow Olivia Tencer Full article published by the Times Union. November 26th, 2023. Image above: Mohonk Mountain House from the Sky Top Path, 1900-6, Detroit Publishing Company. Courtesy Library of Congress. The 154-year-old Mohonk…
Interview with Tatiana Blackhorse By Olivia Tencer, November 2023 As a Bard undergrad alumna, I know the importance of learning about a college’s environment from a student’s perspective. For this Native American Heritage Month, I wanted to create content that shied away from the institutional moral capital and performativity that we tend to see during…
On Friday, July 28th, the Bard Farm, Bard Studio Arts, Lucy Grignon (Stockbridge-Munsee/Menominee), and Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck joined together in the heat in a collective exploration of natural color. The barn was filled with hot plates heating water with various plant materials, including dyer’s coreopsis, dyer’s chamomile, weld, marigold, and sage. All plants were harvested…
A Reflection on Carpio’s Lecture: Migrant Aesthetics By: Olivia Tencer On April 20th, Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuk held the inaugural lecture for the Quinney-Morrison Lecture Series, titled “Migrant Aesthetics,” with Harvard Professor of English and African and African American Studies, Glenda R. Carpio. Carpio is the author of Laughing Fit to Kill: Black Humor in the…
Photo of enrollment of citizens outside Dawes Commission Tents, Choctaw Nation, 1899, Phillips Collection, Western History Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries. By: Olivia Tencer In 2021, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Muscogee (Creek) Nation made public statements to address their long standing policies of denying tribal citizenship to Freedmen and their descendants. Choctaw Chief…
By Olivia Tencer How do we ensure our research is deeply ethical and meaningful? What would it mean to include practices of refusal within research? On October 21st, 2022, Mellon Post-Baccalaureate Fellow Olivia Tencer and colleagues Talaya Robinson-Dancy, Luis Chavez, and Margaux Kristjansson engaged in conversation on ethical archival and research practices in a panel…
Photo via the United American Indians of New England of the National Day of Mourning Gathering at Cole’s Hill. Learn more about their work, and join in this year’s gathering, at http://www.uaine.org/. The Stories We Are Told: The Thanksgiving Myth & Higher Education’s Responsibility For Its Undoing Written by: Olivia Tencer and Melina Roise…
