{"id":2567,"date":"2024-03-06T21:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T02:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/?page_id=2567"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:59:12","slug":"land-acknowledgement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/land-acknowledgement\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Acknowledgement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We acknowledge that the Cross\u2019 Mills Library sits on the traditional homelands of the Narragansett\/Niantic people. We recognize that the history of land dispossession is directly responsible for cultural trauma experienced by Indigenous people of this area. It is the mission of Cross\u2019 Mills Library to educate, enrich and enlighten; therefore, we aim to provide truthful representations of native people and their history. We are committed to furthering justice and equity through an ongoing partnership with the Narragansett\/Niantic communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, please explore these resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/narragansettindiannation.org\/\">The Narragansett Indian Tribe<\/a><br>The Narragansett Indians are descendants of the aboriginal people of the State of Rhode Island. Archaeological evidence and oral history of the Narragansett People establish their existence in the region more than 30,000 years ago.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomaquagmuseum.org\/\">The Tomaquag Museum<\/a><br>Engage. Educate. Experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignfortomaquag.org\/\">Tomaquag Museum Campaign<\/a><br>A place where the past transforms the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We acknowledge that the Cross\u2019 Mills Library sits on the traditional homelands of the Narragansett\/Niantic people. We recognize that the history of land dispossession is directly responsible for cultural trauma experienced by Indigenous people of this area. It is the mission of Cross\u2019 Mills Library to educate, enrich and enlighten; therefore, we aim to provide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2567","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crossmills.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}