EVENTS CALENDAR
New Moon Teachings:
Thursday, June 10, 2021
on ZOOM
5-6:30PM
This month's New Moon Teachings topic is the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act history and the proposed changes to the 1980 settlement act. The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 10th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm EDT. We are grateful to host a panel of Maulian Dana (Penobscot Nation Ambassador, President of Wabanaki Alliance), Maria Girouard (Penobscot, Executive Director Wabanaki REACH, and co-host of Dawnland Signals on WERU), and Richard Sillyboy (Aroostook Band of Micmac Vice Chief, Vice President of Wabanaki Alliance). The panel will be moderated by Suzanne Greenlaw (citizen of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and doctoral candidate at the University of Maine). To learn more about New Moon Teachings and RSVP, please visit our website.
The Gatherings: A conversation with the authors hosted by Beacon Hill Friends House
Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2 PM EDT
Price: Free
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
REGISTER AT: https://lu.ma/the-gatherings-bhfh
“In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.” - The Gatherings book description. In this book talk, BHFH Program Manager Jen Higgins-Newman will moderate a conversation between The Gatherings co-authors gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag), Alma Brooks (Maliseet, St. Mary's Reserve, New Brunswick), Marilyn Roper (Quaker, Houlton, ME), and Shirley Hager (Quaker, Chesterville, ME). Your can purchase your own copy of the book at https://utorontopress.com/us/the-gatherings-3.
Hidden Landscapes Film Showings (in Western Massachusetts)
https://nolumbekaproject.org
The Hidden Landscape Project represents the joined efforts of professional, Native, and antiquarian researchers who have generously volunteered to combine their expertise into a chronicle of research- a series of video stories that investigate the archaeological history and the modern legacy of the Northeastern Native civilization. The combined vision of so many researchers working together also represents a new approach to the long standing and often very heated controversy that surrounds the ceremonial stone landscapes of North America. Join Doug Harris, Ceremonial Stone Landscapes researcher, Ted Timreck, director of the Hidden Landscapes films, and guest panelists for a five- part series featuring the films, panel discussions, and Q & A. This series is co-sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project, River Valley Co-op, and the Karuna Center for Peace Building and a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Registration is required and limited to 500. Donations are requested. Pre-screenings are available for a fee at www.twtimreck.com
About the presenters:
Indigenous Approaches to Emotional Wellness, on the University of Maine campus and online.
October 1-3, 2021
Co-sponsored by Coyote Institute, the Native Studies Program, the Intermedia Program, and the Medical Arts and Humanities Program of the University of Maine at Orono.
For three days, in this hybrid conference, we will celebrate M'iqmaq elder Albert Marshall and his concept of two-eyed seeing which originated at Cape Breton University and Eskasoni First Nation. Two-eyed seeing establishes the equal validity of indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing to contemporary scientific knowledge as we explore wellbeing.
We will be meeting in three locations: Cumbia, UK; the University of Maine at Orono; and in Soho, New York City.
The meeting will start at 8 am each day in the U.K. (which is 3 am in Maine and New York City) and the European presentations (and all presentations) will be recorded for later viewing by those in other time zones or as desired. We will start at 8 am in Maine and New York City, face-to-face and virtual. We will end each day at 5 pm. We hope people attending in person will continue to interact with discussion, song, music, dance, etc., after 5 pm.
The schedule will be posted as it is developed, and we have a many interesting people already committed to attend including Albert Marshall (who will be live on the University of Maine campus) from Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia; Rennie Linklater, PhD, Director of Aboriginal Programming at the Center for Addictions and Mental Health, Torono, Canada; Margaret Mete, BSN, MPH, PhD and indigenous colleagues from the University of Alaska at Anchorage; Wiremu Nia Nia and Alister Bush, MD of the Maori Mental Health Service near Wellington, New Zealand; Natalie Tolbert, PhD, cultural anthropologist from the U.K.; Bob Vetter, PhD, anthropologist and Temescal leader from Long Island, New York; Joe Bartholomew, indigenous activitist from the U.K.; Marquis Bureau, MA, PhD-Cand. from St. Paul University, Ottawa; Judy Atkinson, PhD, Australian aboriginal woman and author of Trauma Trails; and more. Full details to follow this announcement.
We will showcase local Wabanaki indigenous artists, elders, storytellers, and cultural leaders. All fees collected will be used to bring elders to campus and to support indigenous speakers and artists.
Link to more information about the Conference and for Registration
Thursday, June 10, 2021
on ZOOM
5-6:30PM
This month's New Moon Teachings topic is the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act history and the proposed changes to the 1980 settlement act. The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 10th from 5:00 to 6:30 pm EDT. We are grateful to host a panel of Maulian Dana (Penobscot Nation Ambassador, President of Wabanaki Alliance), Maria Girouard (Penobscot, Executive Director Wabanaki REACH, and co-host of Dawnland Signals on WERU), and Richard Sillyboy (Aroostook Band of Micmac Vice Chief, Vice President of Wabanaki Alliance). The panel will be moderated by Suzanne Greenlaw (citizen of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and doctoral candidate at the University of Maine). To learn more about New Moon Teachings and RSVP, please visit our website.
The Gatherings: A conversation with the authors hosted by Beacon Hill Friends House
Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2 PM EDT
Price: Free
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
REGISTER AT: https://lu.ma/the-gatherings-bhfh
“In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.” - The Gatherings book description. In this book talk, BHFH Program Manager Jen Higgins-Newman will moderate a conversation between The Gatherings co-authors gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag), Alma Brooks (Maliseet, St. Mary's Reserve, New Brunswick), Marilyn Roper (Quaker, Houlton, ME), and Shirley Hager (Quaker, Chesterville, ME). Your can purchase your own copy of the book at https://utorontopress.com/us/the-gatherings-3.
Hidden Landscapes Film Showings (in Western Massachusetts)
https://nolumbekaproject.org
The Hidden Landscape Project represents the joined efforts of professional, Native, and antiquarian researchers who have generously volunteered to combine their expertise into a chronicle of research- a series of video stories that investigate the archaeological history and the modern legacy of the Northeastern Native civilization. The combined vision of so many researchers working together also represents a new approach to the long standing and often very heated controversy that surrounds the ceremonial stone landscapes of North America. Join Doug Harris, Ceremonial Stone Landscapes researcher, Ted Timreck, director of the Hidden Landscapes films, and guest panelists for a five- part series featuring the films, panel discussions, and Q & A. This series is co-sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project, River Valley Co-op, and the Karuna Center for Peace Building and a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. Registration is required and limited to 500. Donations are requested. Pre-screenings are available for a fee at www.twtimreck.com
About the presenters:
- Doug Harris, Ceremonial Stone Landscapes Preservationist, retired Deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Narragansett Tribe, is a veteran of twenty years of historical preservation work in the Northeast
- T. W. Timreck is a Peabody award-winning documentary filmmaker whose programs have been featured on PBS and other networks around the globe. “Hidden Landscapes” is a multi-part series that tells the story of early Eastern Native American sea cultures and offers a radical perspective on the Indigenous history of northeastern North America
- Professor Frederick M. Wiseman is the Coordinator of the Vermont Indigenous Heritage Center, an Indigenous rights activist and author of many scholarly and popular books on archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnobotany
- Evan Pritchard (Mi’kmaq descendant) is author of 18 hardcover and trade paperback titles (including four anthologies and two self-published paperbacks) plus 36 other self-published books to date. As a popular adjunct professor, he has taught courses in Native American studies at Marist, Vassar and Pace
- Tim Mentz, of the Standing Rock Sioux of South Dakota, became the nation’s first Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (1996 to 2008). Tim is co-owner of Makoche Wowapi (earth writings), a 17-person cultural resources firm focused on identification and protection of Dakota/Lakota cultural heritage sites.
Indigenous Approaches to Emotional Wellness, on the University of Maine campus and online.
October 1-3, 2021
Co-sponsored by Coyote Institute, the Native Studies Program, the Intermedia Program, and the Medical Arts and Humanities Program of the University of Maine at Orono.
For three days, in this hybrid conference, we will celebrate M'iqmaq elder Albert Marshall and his concept of two-eyed seeing which originated at Cape Breton University and Eskasoni First Nation. Two-eyed seeing establishes the equal validity of indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing to contemporary scientific knowledge as we explore wellbeing.
We will be meeting in three locations: Cumbia, UK; the University of Maine at Orono; and in Soho, New York City.
The meeting will start at 8 am each day in the U.K. (which is 3 am in Maine and New York City) and the European presentations (and all presentations) will be recorded for later viewing by those in other time zones or as desired. We will start at 8 am in Maine and New York City, face-to-face and virtual. We will end each day at 5 pm. We hope people attending in person will continue to interact with discussion, song, music, dance, etc., after 5 pm.
The schedule will be posted as it is developed, and we have a many interesting people already committed to attend including Albert Marshall (who will be live on the University of Maine campus) from Eskasoni First Nation, Nova Scotia; Rennie Linklater, PhD, Director of Aboriginal Programming at the Center for Addictions and Mental Health, Torono, Canada; Margaret Mete, BSN, MPH, PhD and indigenous colleagues from the University of Alaska at Anchorage; Wiremu Nia Nia and Alister Bush, MD of the Maori Mental Health Service near Wellington, New Zealand; Natalie Tolbert, PhD, cultural anthropologist from the U.K.; Bob Vetter, PhD, anthropologist and Temescal leader from Long Island, New York; Joe Bartholomew, indigenous activitist from the U.K.; Marquis Bureau, MA, PhD-Cand. from St. Paul University, Ottawa; Judy Atkinson, PhD, Australian aboriginal woman and author of Trauma Trails; and more. Full details to follow this announcement.
We will showcase local Wabanaki indigenous artists, elders, storytellers, and cultural leaders. All fees collected will be used to bring elders to campus and to support indigenous speakers and artists.
Link to more information about the Conference and for Registration
