A message regarding our calendar:
Warm Greetings to you all during this remarkable time. Needless to say, the world has changed, and as a result there are no live events happening just now. However we are happy to let you know of the following actions, on-line events and educational offerings that are available. In addition, MIAG is continuing to offer small ZOOM reading groups. If you would like to be included on a mailing list for these, please write us at info.miag@gmail.com.
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MIDCOAST INDIGENOUS AWARENESS GROUP'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY EVENT: VOICES OF THE MIDCOAST (AND UU CHURCH INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY OFFERING)-- RECORDING FOR VIEWING ANYTIME AVAILABLE
Offered October 12, 2020 from 4-5:30, available to view anytime at https://vimeo.com/467585533
I SO wish we could all gather together in face to face celebration, sharing delicious food and conversation. But we ARE lucky to be able to be together virtually, some of us from a distance. This year we are hosting a LIVE via ZOOM IPD event, which will also be recorded for future viewing. It will take place live via ZOOM on IPD itself: next Monday, October 12: 4-5:30 PM.
The theme for this event is "Voices from the Midcoast" .Our hope is that it will be a tiny piece of challenging the invisibility of native people here in Maine, especially prevalent in this area where there are no reservations. All presenters (Mihku Paul, Heather Augustine, Ron Siviski and three students from the Bowdoin Native American Student Association: Sunshine Eaton, Amanda Cassano, and Shadin Largo) will share their stories of being native in this area, and Willi Lempert, Bowdoin Anthropology Professor will put it all together with his calm presence and technological expertise. I really hope many of you can "be" there the day of the event, or if not can view it later. and please DO share it with friends and mailing lists.
Much Love to all of you
Upcoming MIAG Reading Group: "The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast” by Lisa Brooks
ZOOM on Friday, September 18: 10 AM- 12 PM. And continue weekly at the same time.
We will be reading “ The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast” by Lisa Brooks. ( “ Reading Native lands and Native texts to recover Native history, Lisa Brooks has produced an innovative, insightful, and stimulating book that restores New England as Native space and adds a vital perspective to the written history of the region”. Colin Calloway, Dartmouth College.
We will begin this group by ZOOM on Friday, September 18: 10 AM- 12 PM. And continue weekly at the same time.
For the first session, we ask that you look at the maps and skim the introduction, possibly marking off several passages that intrigue or confuse you. We also suggest that you pay particular attention to the last section: “ A Map to the Chapters”, as this will provide guideposts for the body of the book and its unique style of writing.
Please join us if you feel so called! Our group discussions have helped deepen awareness and learning for those of us involved. If you want to be part of this next group , please send an e mail (with COMMON POT in subject line to Mia at matzatlx@gmail.com)
Online Event: Odawa Midewin Foundation Teachings: Wisdom for growth in cultural safety education
Featuring Anishinaabe Knowledge Keeper David (Sunny) Osawabine Co-facilitators: Dr. Marion Maar and Dr. Maurianne Reade
Friday, October 23, 2020 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
AGENDA:
10:00 - Introduction to Simulated Cultural Communication Scenarios in Medical Education Participants will be introduced to the pedagogy of co- creation of authentic Indigenous patient scenarios with Indigenous animators and the significance to education for cultural safety. Question and Answer period.
10:30-12:00 - Interactive Traditional Cultural Teaching
Odawa Knowledge Keeper, David (Sunny) Osawabine, will speak about Odawa Midewin Foundation Teachings. This will provide the basis for an understanding of the importance of respect and empathy in the clinical setting.
TO register: https://www.nosm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020-09-10-CFUCS-Agenda-MM-2.pdf
Official Plymouth 400 Indigenous History Conference
October 3rd-Nov 22, 2020
FREE (registration required)
Hosted virtually by Bridgewater State University. It is NOT a Facebook live event and will be running on BSU's secure page for registrants only.
This educational event is presented by Plymouth 400 sponsor North Easton Savings Bank. More information and registration links: https://www.bridgew.edu/event/indigenous-history-conference
bridgew.edu
Here it Began: 2020 Hindsight or Foresight Indigenous History Conference A Plymouth 400 Signature Event Nine Virtual Sessions Oct. 3-Nov. 22, 2020
https://www.bridgew.edu/event/indigenous-history-conference?fbclid=IwAR08iXpCZeWca8fF5dAwZ_68wSfyV0oLauYatkeFymYQ95xi7rCkpyvNbkk
Online Indigenous Film Festival: BLOOD MEMORY
Starting Sept 14: “Blood Memory”, Fabulous film co created by Sandy White Hawk, one of the Maine Wabanaki TRC’s commissioners . The fest runs fives weeks, currently in week two of the schedule, and has a phenomenal line-up of global Indigenous films, panel discussions and post-film Q&As. BLOOD MEMORY will be streaming next week (Sept 14 - Sept 20) and we'll also be involved in some of the discussions, so check out the festival schedule here: visionmakermedia.org/schedule
IN PERSON MUSEUM EXHIBITION IN MA: PROVINCETOWN MUSEUM EXHIBIT CURATED BY MASHPEE WAMPANOAG MEMBER STEVEN PETERS
Curated by Mashpee Wampanoag Member Steven Peters, the exhibit was created to counter the many stereotypes and "happy stories" still told about the founding of what is now the United States, because--as Peters has said--"the truth matters." The display has been created as part of the lead up to the 400th Anniversary of the Pilgrims' landing.
The museum is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday-Sunday with time-stamped tickets available at
https://pilgrim-monument.secure.force.com/ticket/ Visits are limited to one hour. Masks must be worn
Meeting Waters: Cross-Cultural Collabs on Environmental Racism
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 7 PM – 9 PM UTC-03
Details
Nocturne Art at Night and Visual Arts News presents Meeting Waters: Cross-Cultural Collaborations on Environmental Racism With Ingrid Waldron
This event is an online event centering Black and Indigenous solidarity through cross-cultural exchanges on environmental racism in Mi'kma'ki. We will bring together speakers and performers to share stories and experiences of environmental racism through storytelling, dance, spoken word, song, and graphic art. Collaborators will describe their experience and present their original creation in the form of a Zoom event followed by a panel discussion presented with the support of Arts Nova Scotia.
Featuring collaborations:
Africville - Irvine Carvery and Rebecca Thomas
Pictou Landing First Nation - Michelle Francis-Denny and Kwento
Sipekne'katik - Dorene Bernard and Liliona Quarmyne
Shelburne - Vanessa Hartley and Leelee Oluwatoyosi Eko Davis
Design and graphic recording by Bria Miller.
Supported by Lindsay Dobbin and I'thandi Munro
Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_03IMj4UgS6qo611hjo_kew
Speaker Series with Suzanne Greenlaw: Weaving Wabanaki and Scientific KnowledgeOctober 16, 2020 7-830
In person 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, ME 04105
OR on Zoom
Suzanne Greenlaw, a Maliseet and doctoral student at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, will talk about Los Konowkon Meci Miw Naka Toke—Weaving Wabanaki and Scientific Knowledge in Response to Emerald Ash Borer.Wabanaki people of Maine and Maritime Province hold spiritual, economical, and cultural connections with black ash. Known to the Wabanaki as the basket tree, Black Ash can be pounded and split along its growth rings to produce exceptionally strong and pliable strips to weave. Wabanaki harvesters report increasing difficulty in accessing basket quality wood and with the detection of Emerald Ash Borer in Maine, Wabanaki people are concerned for the future of Black Ash. This presentation will describe Wabanaki people’s relationship to Black Ash and the collaborative research approach to respond to Emerald Ash Borer in Maine.
Suzanne Greenlaw is a citizen of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and a doctoral student at the University of Maine in the School of Forest Resources. Suzanne’s academic research weaves Wabanaki traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and western scientific knowledge to address Wabanaki access restriction to cultural significant plants such as basket quality brown ash trees and sweet grass.
This event has been rescheduled from October 15. There is also an in-person optionto attend live at Gilsland Farm; click here to register.
Maine Historical Society: ONLINE PROGRAMS
Starting September 10th, 2020 through March 11th, 2021; via Zoom.
2020 has been a remarkable and challenging year, highlighting the need for information, context, connection, and dialogue. Join us for a compelling talks, panels and conversation with distinguished historians and authors. Explore how Maine became a state in 1820, what that has meant to Maine people, and how 13,000 years of history shaped the issues that matter to Mainers today. The series is part of Maine Historical Society's ongoing effort to preserve and share Maine's story, and to recognize the experiences, perspectives, and contributions of alll Maine people.
See the complete schedule of programs with details and how to register on https://www.mainehistory.org/programs_events.shtml Please register early we expect these events will fill up quickly!
SCREENINGS of "THE CONDOR & THE EAGLE" WITH LUMMI NATION SPECIAL GUESTS
ABOUT THE FILM - WATCH THE TRAILER
The Condor & The Eagle premiered in October 2019 at the Woodstock Film Festival, was selected by 28 world-renowned film festivals and has won 8 awards including Best Environmental Documentary at the 2019 Red Nation Film Festival.
Witnessing the overwhelming and terrifying current political climate, many are looking for answers or a form of immediate sacred activism to aid in this rapid need for change. As world climate scientists predict unprecedented global catastrophes, The Condor & The Eagle film features frontline Indigenous women leaders deploying unparalleled global response. The documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film’s four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another.
These virtual screenings are a great resource for your congregation to incorporate into Fall programming! Please forward this invitation and encourage your congregation (or committee) to join as a co-host for an upcoming screening. Thank you for reading this message, if you have any questions please contact me, Elizabeth Fernandez at <elizabeth@uumfe.org>.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY SCREENING
Monday, October 12th
4-6:30pm PT / 5-7:30pm MT / 6-8:30pm CT/ 7-9:30pm ET
REGISTER HERE --- DONATE HERE (suggested $1-100 sliding scale; avg. $25)
SIGN UP TO CO-HOST WITH YOUR CONGREGATION / ORGANIZATION: HERE
Co-hosted by The Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka, MN (UUCM)
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Friday, November 6th
3-5:30pm PT / 4-6:30pm MT / 5-7:30m CT/ 6-8:30pm ET
REGISTER HERE --- DONATE HERE (suggested $1-100 sliding scale; avg. $25)
SIGN UP TO CO-HOST WITH YOUR CONGREGATION / ORGANIZATION: HERE
Co-hosted by Bull Run Unitarian Universalists, Prince William Conservation Alliance, Williamsburg JCC Indivisible, Earth Rise Indivisible, Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ), Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun, Earth Justice Team, Citizens Climate Lobby, Prince William Chapter, Mothers Out Front, and the Greater Prince William Climate Action Network.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Thursday, November 19th
5:30-8pm PT / 6:30-9pm MT / 7:30-10pm CT/ 8:30-11pm ET
REGISTER HERE --- DONATE HERE (suggested $1-100 sliding scale; avg. $25)
SIGN UP TO CO-HOST WITH YOUR CONGREGATION / ORGANIZATION: HERE
Co-hosted by North State Climate Action, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, GA
Nibezun Event: Walk for a Viable Future
October 12, 2020
12PM-2PM, wherever you are
On Monday, October 12th, from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day and Indigenous Peoples the world over, Nibezun invites you to participate in a ceremonial Walk for a Viable Future. We are organizing this in partnership with The Wilson Center at the University of Maine and with the Alliance for a Viable Future. We encourage you to design your own walk wherever you are, in your own space, and walk with us during this time. Indigenous people comprise less than 5% of the global population, but are stewards of more than 80% of biological diversity on Earth. In this year of massive flooding, apocalyptic fires, and incalculable destruction rooted in climate change it is more important than ever that we take action in honoring the earth and the indigenous peoples and cultures which place her care at the center of life. With our deepest gratitude to the Wabanaki people who have been protecting and caring for this sacred land and water since time immemorial, we will walk.
Please register here.
On Wednesday, October 7th from 8:00 PM - 9:15 PM we will also participate in a Northeast Virtual Gathering to explore this understanding further. Please register here.
ONLINE PRESENTATION: A LifeLong Relationship with Sweetgrass
Oct 22, 2020 04:00 PM
Join us to listen to, Carol Dana, from the Penobscot Nation, tell stories about her lifelong relationship with sweetgrass. She works at the Cultural and Historic Preservation Department for the Penobscot Nation on Indian Island and is their Penobscot Language Master.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mjVAgn39TDScyNeGU53xPQ
