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Honoring Indigenous Vets
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About this campaign
Join us by supporting the creation of a Native American Veteran’s Monument at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, Rhode Island. This project is led by the Honoring Indigenous Veterans Committee and is a project of the Tomaquag Museum’s Indigenous Empowerment Network.
All proceeds from the tee-shirt sale benefit the creation of the Native American Monument. Learn more on our website https://www.honoringindigenousvets.org/home
“We are requesting donations for an intertribal Native American monument. It will be installed at the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, in Exeter, Rhode Island. Its purpose is to honor Native American Military Warriors, men and woman, who fought for our freedom in the wars for the United States of America.
My father served in the United States Navy and also is buried in the R.I Veterans Cemetery where I am employed as a Cemetery Specialist. My father fought in three wars including: World War II, the Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. Presently, there is no monument to recognize or acknowledge or honor my father nor any other Native American veterans”. Charles B. Smith Jr. (Snow Bear)
We intend to honor those who served-past, present and future. These are the tribal nations identified in the cemetery to date: Narragansett, Nipmuc, Shinnecock, Manissean, Wampanoag, Osage, and Pequot. Can you help us reach our goal?
This project is led by the Honoring Indigenous Veterans Committee and is a project of the Tomaquag Museum’s Indigenous Empowerment Network. Tomaquag Museum, a 2016 Institute of Museum & Library Services National Medal winner, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with a GuideStar platinum rating, and ensures fiscal responsibility and transparency.
Over the last year, we created a committee named Honoring Indigenous Veterans of Turtle Island which includes Indigenous veterans, educators, artists, advocates and allies who are committed to the integrity of this project to ensure Indigenous Veterans are honored. Learn more about Tomaquag Museum on our website, https://www.tomaquagmuseum.org
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Beautiful Tshirt design and an important project to honor Indigenous veterans!
Truth-telling of Indigenous experiences through monuments, textbooks, and storytelling removes the possibility of more paper genocide and white-facing narratives where Indigenous Peoples are often ignored or erased.
This is such an important memorial! Thank you for fundraising for it!
To recognize the contribution of Native Americans who live on the land currently known as Rhode Island.