Students preparing to be educators gathered in a classroom at Widener University Center for Education in Chester February 12 to learn the tragic history of The Loss of Turtle Island. They engaged in an interactive, visual exercise that demonstrates the …
CoNAM helps college students, faculty feel the Loss of Turtle Island
During National Native American Heritage Month in November, students and faculty at Lebanon Valley College (LVC), in Annville, PA, participated in a unique, interactive learning experience that taught them the history of a tragic loss. That loss resulted from “the …
NEJ CoNAM leaders explore Native culture, impact of UMC’s ‘new reality’
EPA&GNJ to host 2024 Northeastern Jurisdictional CoNAM meeting Five members of Eastern PA’s Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) attended a meeting with their counterparts from across the Northeastern Jurisdiction in October to explore how the “new reality” of a …
Learning poignant lessons of Native American culture, history
Drew seminary student connects with Native American Ministries In the summer of 2022, Drew Theological School led students on a trip to the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana. I had just completed my first year as a Masters of Divinity …
EPA CoNAM members attend GNJ church’s Native American heritage celebration
November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great time to learn about Indigenous culture, history and concerns. Members of Eastern PA’s Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) learned a lot at 182-yea-old St. John UMC in Bridgeton, NJ, when …
View “Home from School: The Children of Carlisle” in November
EPA CoNAM offers free online viewing of this compelling documentary. Contact vmcolliver@gmail.com to get access. November is National Native American Heritage Month, a great time to use and share resources for learning about Native American and Indigenous culture and history. …
CoNAM promotes “Home from School” documentary
Eastern PA’ s Committee on Native American Ministries (CoNAM) invites members to view the Home from School documentary about U. S. Indian Boarding Schools that it showed at a recent gathering. CoNAM leased rights to enable church groups to show …
EPA, GNJ CoNAMS share friendship beyond borders
Both the Eastern PA and Greater New Jersey annual conferences in May will begin with a traditional ceremony acknowledging the land we occupy as once owned by Native American people, particularly the Lenni-Lenape nation who inhabited land in what is …
Home From School: The Children of Carlisle: EPA CoNAM to show documentary April 30
In 2012 the United Methodist Church’s General Conference held an Act of Repentance with Native Peoples, challenging the church to implement actions that demonstrate a genuine attitude of repentance and healing. A key element of this repentance is learning and …
CoNAM learns about oppression of Indigenous people in 2 events
The coincidence of Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving Day both happening in November may be troubling to some who know the grim history of brutal oppression and exploitation of Indigenous Americans by early European invaders and settlers. EPA’s Committee …