EVENTS CALENDAR
Walking With Our Wabanaki Neighbors: What Steps Can We Take?
Pre-Indigenous Peoples Day Zoom (virtual) Event
Offered by Curtis Library and Midcoast Indigenous Awareness Group (MIAG)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4: 6-8 PM
This October 4th presentation will offer background to the legislation and its impact on Wabanaki life with information about taking effective action. There will also be an opportunity for discussion and questions. Presenters include Shirley Hager, lead author of the recent book, The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous- Settler Relations, and clerk (i.e., chair) of the Friends (Quaker) Committee on Maine Public Policy’s Tribal-State Relations Committee; Greg Sample, retired attorney with Drummond Woodsum, with decades of experience working with Wabanaki tribes and the Settlement Act; and, Abbie Bradford, Outreach Manager of Maine Conservation Voters and active participant in the Wabanaki Alliance planning sessions. See our home page for more information.
You can register for this event via Curtis Library in Brunswick: https://curtislibrary.libcal.com/event/7921315
Understanding Dawnland Today: The Wabanaki and the State of Maine
Dawnland Film Viewing + Discussion -- Thursday, September 23 at 6:00 PM
Land Acknowledgement-- Wednesday, October 13 at 6:00 PM
An Introduction to the Sovereignty Act + Discussion-- Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00 PM
Panel Presentation with Wabanaki Chiefs-- Thursday, December 16 at 6:00 PM
The League of Women Voters of Maine presents a series to promote a better understanding of the past and present of the Wabanaki indigenous people. The four-part series will dive into difficult truths about the colonization of Maine and how understanding Dawnland today can help us become better allies of the Wabanaki tribes.
Click here for more information and to register.
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
Why We Need History to Create a Sustainable World: Views from Wabanaki History
October 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm FreeThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine.
Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.
In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.
Speaker: Micah Pawling, Associate Professor, History and Native American Studies, UMaine
This presentation explores the significance of historical research in the context of a sustainable society. In the past, people possessed different notions of sustainability resulting in considerable variations across time and space, providing researchers with new insights about its achievement. Wabanaki people worked hard to secure reservation lands that held different water attributes. Micah Pawling is an associate professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine. His research interests include the ethnohistory of the Wabanaki peoples of northern New England and eastern Canada in the nineteenth century. Pawling’s work has appeared in Acadiensis, Ethnohistory, and the Historical Atlas of Maine. His 2017 article received the 2018 Canadian Historical Association’s prize for the best article in Indigenous history. As a recipient of the Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship, he collaborates with the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township (Motahkomikuk) on community history. His forthcoming book is on Wabanaki waterscapes in the nineteenth century. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Ruth Hallsworth, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
Click here for more information and to register!
Click here to register for the webinar.
Pre-Indigenous Peoples Day Zoom (virtual) Event
Offered by Curtis Library and Midcoast Indigenous Awareness Group (MIAG)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4: 6-8 PM
This October 4th presentation will offer background to the legislation and its impact on Wabanaki life with information about taking effective action. There will also be an opportunity for discussion and questions. Presenters include Shirley Hager, lead author of the recent book, The Gatherings: Reimagining Indigenous- Settler Relations, and clerk (i.e., chair) of the Friends (Quaker) Committee on Maine Public Policy’s Tribal-State Relations Committee; Greg Sample, retired attorney with Drummond Woodsum, with decades of experience working with Wabanaki tribes and the Settlement Act; and, Abbie Bradford, Outreach Manager of Maine Conservation Voters and active participant in the Wabanaki Alliance planning sessions. See our home page for more information.
You can register for this event via Curtis Library in Brunswick: https://curtislibrary.libcal.com/event/7921315
Understanding Dawnland Today: The Wabanaki and the State of Maine
Dawnland Film Viewing + Discussion -- Thursday, September 23 at 6:00 PM
Land Acknowledgement-- Wednesday, October 13 at 6:00 PM
An Introduction to the Sovereignty Act + Discussion-- Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00 PM
Panel Presentation with Wabanaki Chiefs-- Thursday, December 16 at 6:00 PM
The League of Women Voters of Maine presents a series to promote a better understanding of the past and present of the Wabanaki indigenous people. The four-part series will dive into difficult truths about the colonization of Maine and how understanding Dawnland today can help us become better allies of the Wabanaki tribes.
Click here for more information and to register.
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
Why We Need History to Create a Sustainable World: Views from Wabanaki History
October 4 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm FreeThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine.
Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.
In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.
Speaker: Micah Pawling, Associate Professor, History and Native American Studies, UMaine
This presentation explores the significance of historical research in the context of a sustainable society. In the past, people possessed different notions of sustainability resulting in considerable variations across time and space, providing researchers with new insights about its achievement. Wabanaki people worked hard to secure reservation lands that held different water attributes. Micah Pawling is an associate professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine. His research interests include the ethnohistory of the Wabanaki peoples of northern New England and eastern Canada in the nineteenth century. Pawling’s work has appeared in Acadiensis, Ethnohistory, and the Historical Atlas of Maine. His 2017 article received the 2018 Canadian Historical Association’s prize for the best article in Indigenous history. As a recipient of the Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship, he collaborates with the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township (Motahkomikuk) on community history. His forthcoming book is on Wabanaki waterscapes in the nineteenth century. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Ruth Hallsworth, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
Click here for more information and to register!
Click here to register for the webinar.
