In the News

December 2025

Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge to Host Winter Solstice Gathering & Feast BCTV

July 2025

Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge Announces New Native Book Club BCTV

Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge announces new Native Book Club Berks Weekly

June 2025

Event in Reading celebrates holistic approach to wellness Reading Eagle

May 2025

Good Medicine Returning to Riverfront Park in Reading BCTV

Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration returns to Riverfront Park Berks Weekly

April 2025

Penn State Berks honors history with land acknowledgement ceremony Penn State University

Berks County’s 2025 Earth Day Festival BCTV

March 2025

Celebrating Women’s History Month | Diversity: The Wider Vision BCTV

January 2025

MLK Day of Service will target Reading neighborhood WFMZ

December 2024

Historic chamber music venue in Reading hosts free winter arts camp for city children Reading Eagle

November 2024

Mike’s Monday Message Takeover: Native American Heritage Month: Embracing an Abundance Mindset AFP Global Daily Newsletter

Inaugural American Indian Healthcare Summit Announced BCTV

First-ever American Indian Healthcare Summit to address Indigenous health disparities in Berks County Berks Weekly

August 2024

Riverzilla draws sustainability-minded individuals and organizations to Reading’s Riverfront Park Reading Eagle

City of Reading and Various Community Partners to Host Riverzilla 2024 BCTV

Riverzilla 2024 offers community chance to connect with nature WFMZ

Berks program focuses on Native American history WFMZ

April 2024

Special Selection: PA’s Free Indigenous Library Spotlight PA

Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge opens Little Free Library featuring children’s books on Native Americans Reading Eagle

March 2024

Indigenous Little Free Library Opens in Downtown Reading BCTV

Indigenous Little Free Library opens in downtown Reading Berks Weekly

November 2023

Bulletin Board: Native American history Reading Eagle

Community Calendar: Indigenous films screening The Merchandiser: Western Berks Edition

Bulletin Board: Indigenous films Reading Eagle

Widoktadwen Center Celebrates Native American Heritage Month with Indigenous Film Festival Berks Weekly

Indigenous Films Screening Across Berks County During November BCTV

October 2023

YWCA Week Without Violence to culminate at Saturday street fair in Pottstown The Mercury

What happened to Columbus Day? WFMZ

June 2023

Mural on old railroad bridge is restored in Riverfront Park in Reading Reading Eagle

Good Medicine Indigenous Wellness Celebration BCTV

February 2023

300th Anniversary of the Tulpehocken Settlement 2-27-23 Sites and Sounds of Historic Berks, BCTV

January 2023

The Mystery Mounds Mountain Home

November 2022

Indigenous Films Coming to Reading and Kutztown BCTV

Indigenous Film Festival taking place around Berks [Bulletin board] Yahoo! News

Indigenous Film Festival taking place around Berks Reading Eagle

Indigenous Film Festival taking place around Berks Reading Eagle on MSN

July 2022

Inaugural Mdamen program connects Tribal members, plants seed Hownikan
article featuring Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge co-founder and Executive Director, Amanda Funk, and other CPN Tribal members

Reading Pride honors “two-spirit stories” WFMZ

Reading Pride Celebration Announces Pre-Pride Week Events BCTV

March 2022

Women’s History Month 3-14-22 Diversity: A Wider Vision, BCTV

Native Booklist promotes visibility of Native peoples in Berks Reading Eagle

Berks Public Libraries, Widoktadwen Center Release Native Booklist BCTV

Native Booklist Berks County Public Libraries. Titles acknowledging Native peoples' histories and contemporary lives. Available to check out from the county-wide catalog.
February 2022

Indigenous Groups to School Twin Valley on Mascot MyChesCo

Hundreds of people are expected at a public meeting to discuss changes to the Twin Valley school mascot Pennsylvania News Today

There’s a campaign to retire Twin Valley’s Native American mascot. To address it now is ‘irresponsible,’ says superintendent. Philadelphia Inquirer

Reading Royals SHOWREEL 2-19-22 Mixlr (interview begins at 55:20)

January 2022

Postponed MLK cleanup scheduled for January 29 in Reading Reading Eagle

Enrollment open for Native American program at Nature Place Reading Eagle

Firekeepers Youth Program Kicks Off This Month BCTV

Firekeepers Youth Program Kicks Off This Month The Merchandiser-Western Berks Edition

Firekeepers Youth Program offering cultural enrichment for Native youth and peers Berks Weekly

October 2021

YWCA’s ‘Week Without Violence’ fair set for Saturday The Mercury

September 2021

United Way of Berks County Announces LIVE UNITED Grant Recipients BCTV

United Way Berks awards LIVE UNITED grants to six local nonprofits Berks Weekly

United Way of Berks County announces Live United grant recipients Reading Eagle

August 2021

Community Foundation awards $312,494 to help nonprofits navigate pandemic Berks County Community Foundation

April 2021

Berks teen philanthropists target racial injustice with $10,000 in grants Reading Eagle

$10,000 in grants awarded to Berks County organizations addressing social justice WFMZ

Teen Philanthropists Award 10K to Berks Organizations Addressing Social Justice Berks Weekly

Tribal Member Takes Community Creation into Her Own Hands Hownikan
April 2021 Hownikan PDF Download

Executive Director Amanda Funk (top right) poses for a photo with her family at the 2018 District 1 & 2 Fall Feast in Virginia.
November 2020