After a few simple knots, a corn husk doll is made. The easy-to-make dolls hold importance to the Haudenosaunee Nation and children and their families learned how to make them during a session on Nov. 11 at the Tompkins County Center for History. This event is just one piece of Ithaca’s acknowledgment of Indigenous Peoples’ Month — which occurs every November.

This June, the Ithaca College community received a new addition to its scenery: a vibrant mural of soaring birds on the wall next to the Free Speech Rock. The mural is by artist Nani Chacon, who is...