Indigenous Peoples and Friends

January 2026

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Unintentional Consequences, Intentional Repair

Introduction to our January issue. Martin Kelley
FCNL’s 2024 Spring Lobby - Group Holding Truth Healthing Justice Sign Features

Speaking with Friends About Indian Boarding Schools

A Native Perspective Rachel Overstreet
Group of Friends Gathered for Photo Features

Friends Stand with the Brothertown

Joining an Indian Nation’s efforts to regain recognition. Kat Griffith
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A Homecoming for the Arapaho and Cheyenne

A reckoning for Quakers. Paula Palmer and Paula Keeth
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Never Too Late to Begin Repair

Acknowledging the dark legacy of Quaker-run Indian boarding schools. Mary Zwirner and Gordon Bugbee
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Jiwasa, the Communal We

Recovering a lost foundation of Aymara culture. Ruben Hilari Quispe. Translated by Renzo Mejia Carranza
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Indigenous and Quaker Both

Reflections from Friends in Indigenous-majority meetings. Sharlee DiMenichi
snowy and foggy mountain scene Poetry

Never Seen

I’ve never seen frost on sand. / I’ve never seen waves withdraw ... Morrow Dowdle
water on a glass window Poetry

Joyful Noise

Arturo is preaching now. / The Aymara gutturals and rasps pour out Nancy Thomas
Woman on the Piano Poetry

Music and Silence

We decided, since we are allowed to decide, / since our ritual is flexible, to have instead Howard Nelson
Group of Women Standing Together Online Features

Coming Back to the Land

A story of rematriation in Oneida Nation. Eileen Flanagan
Two Face Silhouettes Online Features

The Respectful Way of Life

A Quaker's education in the ethic of noninterference. Glenn Morison
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