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Opinion: Repatriation woven into the trail of a Mohican basket

Opinion: Repatriation woven into the trail of a Mohican basket

Indigenous and Black Communities Find Common Cause for Land Justice

Black and Indigenous communities increasingly see that creating healing relationships with one another is at the heart of building true transformative power to achieve land justice, with seeds of healing being planted every day.

Indigenous and Black Communities Are Finding Common Cause for Land Justice

Historically, Indigenous and Black folks have been turned against each other by colonizers and enslavers. Now, communities are learning from one another and finding solidarity in seeking to reclaim stolen lands.

Mohican Nation from Wisconsin reclaims New York island

View Comments After hundreds of years of being dispossessed of its original homeland, the Mohican Nation, now located in Wisconsin, will have a small piece of its territory back in New York state. “Our history over there is so complex,” said Heather Bruegl, director of cultural affairs for the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation, which has its seat of government in Bowler in Shawano County. “This gives us a little bit of a footprint.” The 156-acre southern portion of Papscanee Island, just south of Albany, New York, was returned to the Mohican Nation this spring by the conservation group Open Space Institute after months of negotiation.