Indigenous Persons Plant collection
When: Monday, November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Where: Lawn between parking lots 5 and 6. (If inclement weather, Heiser Auditorium)
What: Ceremony dedicating the Nyssa sylvatica (Black Tupelo/Black Gum) tree paid for by KORA that acknowledges centuries of Indigenous land stewardship and launches the John Bartram Arboretum Indigenous Peoples Plant Collection and its educational programming.
Who: Kendal residents and staff; Indigenous members of Oberlin’s Indigenous Peoples' Day Committee and other area Indigenous organizations; Oberlin Elementary School’s 3 fourth-grade classes; the wider community.
