Native American Awareness in Danvers

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  1. 4. A thriller by Nick Medina about a young Native girl’s hunt for answers about the women disappearing from her reservation. This book is currently part of the Native American Heritage Month display in our public library.
  2. 5. In 2020, Danvers' Select Board voted unanimously to endorse Statehouse Bill 3665, an act establishing this holiday at the national level.
  3. 6. In 2022, the Danvers Historical Society brought this speaker in to talk about the history of Indigenous Peoples in Danvers from the last Ice Age to the Colonial Period.
  4. 8. Acronym for the center in Danvers that seeks to preserve Native American cultural traditions, provide services to Native American people, and elevate their history and experiences.
  5. 9. Annual event held in the Danvers community until the pandemic that celebrated Native American history and culture.
  6. 10. The Town of Danvers is located on the ancestral homelands of these people (first of two tribes).
  7. 11. The author of An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States, a historical novel about the efforts of Black and Indigenous people toward justice throughout history. This book is currently part of the Native American Heritage Month display in our public library.
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  1. 1. Street name of the aforementioned Center in Danvers.
  2. 2. The cause of the rapid depletion of the indigenous people in our area.
  3. 3. The HRIC Rights and Inclusion Committee included this Native American Activist in their Women’s History Month Speaker Series in 2022.
  4. 7. The Town of Danvers is located on the ancestral homelands of these people (second of two tribes).