EVENTS CALENDAR
New Moon Teachings: Medicine Wheel Teachings
Monday, April 12th
6-7:30PM EST
Medicine Wheel Teachings, is the third webinar in the series New Moon Teachings. We will convene via Zoom webinar on Monday, April 12th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm EDT. We are grateful to host a panel of Dr. Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs (citizen of the Maliseet First Nation, University of New Brunswick) and John Dennis (Aroostook Band of Micmacs Cultural Director). The panel will be moderated by Suzanne Greenlaw (citizen of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and doctoral candidate at the University of Maine). The new moon marks the beginning of a new month in the lunar calendars of the Wabanaki Nations. In Wabanaki languages, this moon is called:
--- Ponatomuwi kisuhs – Egg laying moon (Maliseet)
--- Ponatom kisuhs - Egg laying moon (Passamaquoddy)
--- Penatmuigu’s - Lay eggs moon (Mi’kmaq)
--- αməssəwi-kisohs - Moon of smelts (Penobscot)
After we have received your RSVP, we will send a confirmation email that includes Zoom login details. If you do not receive an email with Zoom login details, please send an inquiry to info@friendsofkww.org.
www.friendsofkww.org/new-moon/
Restoring Sea-run Fish to the Penobscot River with John Banks
Wednesday, April 14 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Click here to register. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5e4Lxg5JR7GR5C4kF9nCNA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river system and the historic home of the Penobscot Indian Nation. Over 17 years, culminating in 2016, the Penobscot River Restoration Project collaboratively worked to balance fisheries restoration and hydropower production. The project successfully restored habitat for the river’s sea-run fish, including Atlantic salmon and sturgeon. John Banks will speak about the restoration project, the history and culture of the Penobscot Indian Nation and their connection to the river. John Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Maine. He has served the Penobscot Nation in this capacity since 1980, following the enactment of the Maine Indian Land Claims settlement Act of 1980. As Natural Resources Director, John has developed and administers a comprehensive Natural Resources management program for his tribe, which advances an integrated management approach, in recognition of the inter-connectedness of all things in the natural world. He has served on many local, regional, and national organization boards including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center and the Tribal Operations Committee with USEPA. John is the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Maine School of Forest Resources
Visit our website for more upcoming webinars, and to view recordings of past webinars.
LECTURE: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND INDIGENOUS LIVES: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LISA BROOKS AND JOE HALL
April 15, 6:30PM, via ZOOM
Lisa Brooks, Amherst College Professor of English and American Studies, and author of Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War, joins Bates College Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall to discuss their bodies of research on New England Native American lives. Hall, who teaches courses on colonial North America, the United States’ War for Independence, environmental history, and Native American history–including an intensive “Short Term” course on the history of Wabanakis–engages with Brooks’s “pathbreaking scholarship… grounded not just in extensive archival research but also in the land and communities of Native New England.” A place-based history that has been long hidden or misinterpreted is being looked at with fresh eyes–and informing a better understanding of and appreciation for present-day Native peoples in Maine and New England.Tickets: PHC Members: $12 (and we cover online ticket processing fee!); Non-Members: $17. Zoom link provided upon registration. https://pejepscothistorical.org/events/talks-presentations
2021 Justice For Women Lecture: “The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Women Around the World”
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 AT 12 PM EDT – 1:30 PM
The Justice For Women Lecture (JFW) Series brings a distinguished speaker to Maine annually to present a public lecture and to contribute to a global conversation about justice for women and girls in the developing world.
The Lecture Series was established in 2011 with the generous support and leadership of Catherine Lee of Lee International.
2021 Justice For Women Lecture
The 2021 Justice For Women Lecture will bring together an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The tenth annual event is scheduled to take place virtually on April 15, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT.
The Lecture will kick off with a special message from Representative Deb Haalandand a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps, and Tufts faculty. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Featured panelists include:
Tickets
bit.ly/2021-jfw
Join us for the 10th annual Justice For Women Lecture, on April 15, 2021. We are excited to present an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The event will kick off with a special message from U.S. Representative Deb Haaland and a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps & Tufts faculty. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Featured panelists include:
*Galina Angarova- Executive Director at Cultural Survival
*Sherri Mitchell- Lawyer, Author, and Indigenous Rights Activist
*Sara Olsvig- Ph.D. fellow and former MP of Greenland
*Quannah ChasingHorse- Land Protector and Climate Activist
Learn more about this year's lecture and panelists here: https://mainelaw.maine.edu/news/2021-jfw/
This event begins at 12:00 pm and will be presented virtually via Zoom. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required at this link http://bit.ly/2021-jfw. Registrants will receive a personalized Zoom link to access the event.
For additional information on the lecture, please contact the Office of Advancement at the University of Maine School of Law at lawalum@maine.edu.
Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions Online Learning Series, beginning April 7, 12:30–2:00pm ET.
For information: https://www.gcseglobal.org/indigenous-knowledge-western-science-learning-series?fbclid=IwAR3MTDCbLbARUf_HsiuoJEu_8cR3z1te0fWzUc-ed_xwZMjQ1Y4cpQ0uWoQ
To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdyqOtp2wenlgyt59V9dIaVO581i4Be6sM93A3wgbCXkKtNQ/viewform
Digging Into Native History in NH
Greenland Historical Society
Saturday, April 17, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Abenaki history has been reduced to near invisibility as a result of a conquering culture that placed little value on Native American experience. The Abenaki themselves adopted strategies that required many of them to conceal their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Please join us on Zoom to hear a talk by Prof. Robert Goodby of Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH. In 30 years of studying Native American archaeological sites in New England, Professor Goodby has a storehouse of information on Native American culture, traces of which have been found inches below the surface.
The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. Check in from 12:30 p.m. A very short update from the GHS Board will follow Goodby’s talk. The Board will share plans being made for “Greenland Old Home Days, 300,” the title for Greenland’s Tricentennial held September 11-19, 2021.
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Racial Justice &...
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Are you looking to learn more about the racial justice work happening in Maine?
Join us for a virtual series we’re calling “Racial Justice and…”!
Every day, grassroots leaders in Maine are challenging the ways that racism shows up in our community's policies, practices, and culture. Through this multi-part series we will engage in a dialogue with inspiring leaders addressing these intersections of racial justice and other social, economic, and environmental issues.
This round of sessions will take place over four evenings in March and April:
As an unstable climate and resource depletion jeopardize the global food supply, meeting our food needs locally will be critical to a sustainable food future for Maine. How can we increase the quantity and quality of Maine-grown food while supporting our fishing and farming communities; protecting our waters; regenerating our soils and biodiversity; and providing living wages, land and water access, and dignity for food system workers?
"Dear Georgina" Film Showing
April 28, 2021 at 7PM
In this short film, a Passamaquoddy elder journeys into an unclear past to better understand herself and her cultural heritage.
The film will be followed by a live discussion among Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keys, filmmaker Adam Mazo, and Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador Maulian Dana.
Learn more about the film and watch the trailer at upstanderproject.org.
Register at pressherald.com/deargeorgina.
The program is free. Donations accepted.
Presented in partnership by Abbe Museum, Portland Press Herald, and UpStander Project.
13 Moons, 13 Reads Online Book Club
13 Moons, 13 Reads is a new online book club featuring video interviews with Indigenous authors, poets and illustrators. The club will follow the Anishinaabe lunar calendar and is hosted by Mohawk/Tuscarora poet Janet Rogers (pictured above). The book club is being launched by Good Minds, a First Nations family-owned bookstore in Six Nations of the Grand River. Learn more at cbc.ca or view the first edition on the GoodMinds’ YouTube channel.
https://checkitoutwpl.ca/2021/02/01/13-moons-13-reads/
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:
Online Exhibit: State of Mind: Becoming Maine
Available Online at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/3012/page/4753/display?use_mmn=1&fbclid=IwAR06pk_J-QjVUbmdsc65kPf_fMetttNJ8C_mwgEPfC8icrlvbjhO06Rx-zo
State of Mind: Becoming Maine explores Maine's Bicentennial. Installed March 13, 2020 through January 31, 2021 at Maine Historical Society in Portland. This online component expands content with Maine Memory Network items, and differs slightly from the physical installation. Please visit Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, a companion exhibition examining 13,000 years of Maine history.
Curated by Tilly Laskey, Maine Historical Society. Advised by Anne Chamberland, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Brittany Cook, Bicentennial Education Fellow, Maine Historical Society; Deborah Cummings Khadraoui, Abyssinian Meeting House; James E. Francis Sr. (Penobscot) Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation; Bob Greene, Author, Portland, Maine; John Johnson, Portland, Maine; Daniel Minter, Indigo Arts Alliance; Kathleen Neumann, Manager of Education, Maine Historical Society; Lise Pelletier, Director, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Programs, University of Maine; Jamie Rice, Director of Collections & Research, Maine Historical Society; Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) Director, Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; Elaine Tselikis, Communications & Grants Manager, Maine Historical Society.
Monday, April 12th
6-7:30PM EST
Medicine Wheel Teachings, is the third webinar in the series New Moon Teachings. We will convene via Zoom webinar on Monday, April 12th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm EDT. We are grateful to host a panel of Dr. Imelda Perley Opolahsomuwehs (citizen of the Maliseet First Nation, University of New Brunswick) and John Dennis (Aroostook Band of Micmacs Cultural Director). The panel will be moderated by Suzanne Greenlaw (citizen of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and doctoral candidate at the University of Maine). The new moon marks the beginning of a new month in the lunar calendars of the Wabanaki Nations. In Wabanaki languages, this moon is called:
--- Ponatomuwi kisuhs – Egg laying moon (Maliseet)
--- Ponatom kisuhs - Egg laying moon (Passamaquoddy)
--- Penatmuigu’s - Lay eggs moon (Mi’kmaq)
--- αməssəwi-kisohs - Moon of smelts (Penobscot)
After we have received your RSVP, we will send a confirmation email that includes Zoom login details. If you do not receive an email with Zoom login details, please send an inquiry to info@friendsofkww.org.
www.friendsofkww.org/new-moon/
Restoring Sea-run Fish to the Penobscot River with John Banks
Wednesday, April 14 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Click here to register. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5e4Lxg5JR7GR5C4kF9nCNA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
The Penobscot River is New England’s second largest river system and the historic home of the Penobscot Indian Nation. Over 17 years, culminating in 2016, the Penobscot River Restoration Project collaboratively worked to balance fisheries restoration and hydropower production. The project successfully restored habitat for the river’s sea-run fish, including Atlantic salmon and sturgeon. John Banks will speak about the restoration project, the history and culture of the Penobscot Indian Nation and their connection to the river. John Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Maine. He has served the Penobscot Nation in this capacity since 1980, following the enactment of the Maine Indian Land Claims settlement Act of 1980. As Natural Resources Director, John has developed and administers a comprehensive Natural Resources management program for his tribe, which advances an integrated management approach, in recognition of the inter-connectedness of all things in the natural world. He has served on many local, regional, and national organization boards including the National Tribal Environmental Council, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society, National Indian Policy Center and the Tribal Operations Committee with USEPA. John is the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Maine School of Forest Resources
Visit our website for more upcoming webinars, and to view recordings of past webinars.
LECTURE: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND INDIGENOUS LIVES: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LISA BROOKS AND JOE HALL
April 15, 6:30PM, via ZOOM
Lisa Brooks, Amherst College Professor of English and American Studies, and author of Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War, joins Bates College Associate Professor of History Joseph Hall to discuss their bodies of research on New England Native American lives. Hall, who teaches courses on colonial North America, the United States’ War for Independence, environmental history, and Native American history–including an intensive “Short Term” course on the history of Wabanakis–engages with Brooks’s “pathbreaking scholarship… grounded not just in extensive archival research but also in the land and communities of Native New England.” A place-based history that has been long hidden or misinterpreted is being looked at with fresh eyes–and informing a better understanding of and appreciation for present-day Native peoples in Maine and New England.Tickets: PHC Members: $12 (and we cover online ticket processing fee!); Non-Members: $17. Zoom link provided upon registration. https://pejepscothistorical.org/events/talks-presentations
2021 Justice For Women Lecture: “The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Women Around the World”
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 AT 12 PM EDT – 1:30 PM
The Justice For Women Lecture (JFW) Series brings a distinguished speaker to Maine annually to present a public lecture and to contribute to a global conversation about justice for women and girls in the developing world.
The Lecture Series was established in 2011 with the generous support and leadership of Catherine Lee of Lee International.
2021 Justice For Women Lecture
The 2021 Justice For Women Lecture will bring together an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The tenth annual event is scheduled to take place virtually on April 15, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT.
The Lecture will kick off with a special message from Representative Deb Haalandand a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps, and Tufts faculty. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Featured panelists include:
- Galina Angarova – Executive Director at Cultural Survival
- Quannah ChasingHorse – Land Protector and Climate Activist
- Sherri Mitchell – Lawyer, Author, and Indigenous Rights Activist
- Sara Olsvig – Ph.D. Fellow and Former MP of Greenland
Tickets
bit.ly/2021-jfw
Join us for the 10th annual Justice For Women Lecture, on April 15, 2021. We are excited to present an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The event will kick off with a special message from U.S. Representative Deb Haaland and a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps & Tufts faculty. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Featured panelists include:
*Galina Angarova- Executive Director at Cultural Survival
*Sherri Mitchell- Lawyer, Author, and Indigenous Rights Activist
*Sara Olsvig- Ph.D. fellow and former MP of Greenland
*Quannah ChasingHorse- Land Protector and Climate Activist
Learn more about this year's lecture and panelists here: https://mainelaw.maine.edu/news/2021-jfw/
This event begins at 12:00 pm and will be presented virtually via Zoom. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required at this link http://bit.ly/2021-jfw. Registrants will receive a personalized Zoom link to access the event.
For additional information on the lecture, please contact the Office of Advancement at the University of Maine School of Law at lawalum@maine.edu.
Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions Online Learning Series, beginning April 7, 12:30–2:00pm ET.
For information: https://www.gcseglobal.org/indigenous-knowledge-western-science-learning-series?fbclid=IwAR3MTDCbLbARUf_HsiuoJEu_8cR3z1te0fWzUc-ed_xwZMjQ1Y4cpQ0uWoQ
To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfdyqOtp2wenlgyt59V9dIaVO581i4Be6sM93A3wgbCXkKtNQ/viewform
Digging Into Native History in NH
Greenland Historical Society
Saturday, April 17, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Abenaki history has been reduced to near invisibility as a result of a conquering culture that placed little value on Native American experience. The Abenaki themselves adopted strategies that required many of them to conceal their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Please join us on Zoom to hear a talk by Prof. Robert Goodby of Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH. In 30 years of studying Native American archaeological sites in New England, Professor Goodby has a storehouse of information on Native American culture, traces of which have been found inches below the surface.
The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. Check in from 12:30 p.m. A very short update from the GHS Board will follow Goodby’s talk. The Board will share plans being made for “Greenland Old Home Days, 300,” the title for Greenland’s Tricentennial held September 11-19, 2021.
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Racial Justice &...
https://maine-initiatives.networkforgood.com/events/27918-racial-justice-and?utm_campaign=dms_email_blast_1106255
Are you looking to learn more about the racial justice work happening in Maine?
Join us for a virtual series we’re calling “Racial Justice and…”!
Every day, grassroots leaders in Maine are challenging the ways that racism shows up in our community's policies, practices, and culture. Through this multi-part series we will engage in a dialogue with inspiring leaders addressing these intersections of racial justice and other social, economic, and environmental issues.
This round of sessions will take place over four evenings in March and April:
- The Arts (3/23 5:30 - 7pm*)
- Grantee panelists: Indigo Arts Alliance, Maine Inside Out, Sunlight Media Collective
- Economic Justice (3/30 5:30 - 7pm*)
- Grantee panelists: Black Owned Maine, Mano en Mano, Prosperity Maine
- Public Policy and Advocacy (4/6 5:30 - 7pm*)
- Grantee panelists: Black P.O.W.E.R., Coalition on Racial Equity, Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations, Wabanaki Alliance
- Youth Leadership (4/13 5:30-7pm*)
- Grantee panelists: Eastern Woodlands Rematriation, Portland Empowered, Resources for Organizing and Social Change
As an unstable climate and resource depletion jeopardize the global food supply, meeting our food needs locally will be critical to a sustainable food future for Maine. How can we increase the quantity and quality of Maine-grown food while supporting our fishing and farming communities; protecting our waters; regenerating our soils and biodiversity; and providing living wages, land and water access, and dignity for food system workers?
"Dear Georgina" Film Showing
April 28, 2021 at 7PM
In this short film, a Passamaquoddy elder journeys into an unclear past to better understand herself and her cultural heritage.
The film will be followed by a live discussion among Press Herald arts reporter Bob Keys, filmmaker Adam Mazo, and Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador Maulian Dana.
Learn more about the film and watch the trailer at upstanderproject.org.
Register at pressherald.com/deargeorgina.
The program is free. Donations accepted.
Presented in partnership by Abbe Museum, Portland Press Herald, and UpStander Project.
13 Moons, 13 Reads Online Book Club
13 Moons, 13 Reads is a new online book club featuring video interviews with Indigenous authors, poets and illustrators. The club will follow the Anishinaabe lunar calendar and is hosted by Mohawk/Tuscarora poet Janet Rogers (pictured above). The book club is being launched by Good Minds, a First Nations family-owned bookstore in Six Nations of the Grand River. Learn more at cbc.ca or view the first edition on the GoodMinds’ YouTube channel.
https://checkitoutwpl.ca/2021/02/01/13-moons-13-reads/
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.
Online Exhibit: State of Mind: Becoming Maine
Available Online at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/3012/page/4753/display?use_mmn=1&fbclid=IwAR06pk_J-QjVUbmdsc65kPf_fMetttNJ8C_mwgEPfC8icrlvbjhO06Rx-zo
State of Mind: Becoming Maine explores Maine's Bicentennial. Installed March 13, 2020 through January 31, 2021 at Maine Historical Society in Portland. This online component expands content with Maine Memory Network items, and differs slightly from the physical installation. Please visit Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, a companion exhibition examining 13,000 years of Maine history.
Curated by Tilly Laskey, Maine Historical Society. Advised by Anne Chamberland, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Brittany Cook, Bicentennial Education Fellow, Maine Historical Society; Deborah Cummings Khadraoui, Abyssinian Meeting House; James E. Francis Sr. (Penobscot) Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation; Bob Greene, Author, Portland, Maine; John Johnson, Portland, Maine; Daniel Minter, Indigo Arts Alliance; Kathleen Neumann, Manager of Education, Maine Historical Society; Lise Pelletier, Director, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Programs, University of Maine; Jamie Rice, Director of Collections & Research, Maine Historical Society; Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) Director, Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; Elaine Tselikis, Communications & Grants Manager, Maine Historical Society.
The Maine Art Museums Trail Lecture Series: Lecture with Maulian Dana
Tuesday, May 4 at 6 p.m.
Maulian Dana is the first individual to hold the position of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador. Through her role of an Ambassador, Dana presents issues important to both the Penobscot Nation and to ever wider Native and non-Native audiences. These issues range from land use, water use and tribal sovereignty, to violence against Native American women, the eradication of the use of Native American mascots, and replacing Columbus Day with a holiday that honors the Indigenous communities present thousands of years before European contact.
Maulian Dana will be introduced by Chris Newell, Executive Director of the Abbe Museum & Senior Partner to Wabanaki Nations. This talk is part of The Maine Art Museum Trail’s Spring 2021 Digital Program Series.
Museums are at a moment of reckoning. Immense social, political, and financial pressure is testing the foundations of institutions, prompting examination of history, the need for change, and the process to acknowledge, repair, and heal. This series explores the notion of “making a home” and what that means for institutions and the communities they exist within, bringing to light the stories that have not been told and reflect on the changing museum field.
Conversations and lectures will be hosted on Zoom and are FREE of charge.
For more information and to register: maineartmuseums.org/events
Tuesday, May 4 at 6 p.m.
Maulian Dana is the first individual to hold the position of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador. Through her role of an Ambassador, Dana presents issues important to both the Penobscot Nation and to ever wider Native and non-Native audiences. These issues range from land use, water use and tribal sovereignty, to violence against Native American women, the eradication of the use of Native American mascots, and replacing Columbus Day with a holiday that honors the Indigenous communities present thousands of years before European contact.
Maulian Dana will be introduced by Chris Newell, Executive Director of the Abbe Museum & Senior Partner to Wabanaki Nations. This talk is part of The Maine Art Museum Trail’s Spring 2021 Digital Program Series.
Museums are at a moment of reckoning. Immense social, political, and financial pressure is testing the foundations of institutions, prompting examination of history, the need for change, and the process to acknowledge, repair, and heal. This series explores the notion of “making a home” and what that means for institutions and the communities they exist within, bringing to light the stories that have not been told and reflect on the changing museum field.
Conversations and lectures will be hosted on Zoom and are FREE of charge.
For more information and to register: maineartmuseums.org/events
